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Reviews Elsewhere – Addiction: Notes From the Belly of the Beast
This brief review from Canada piqued my interest because while we tend to read a lot about addiction, one of the points of view we don’t get enough is from the addict.
From their book description, I thought it might interest the many readers who struggle with addictions themselves or know someone who is dealing with them now.
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Shared Links (weekly) Aug. 7, 2022
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‘When it comes to mental health, all countries are developing countries’
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Supporting a Family Member with Serious Mental Illness Is Harder Than It Should Be
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Books Under Review: Summer 2022 – “Reviews of five recent books reflecting various perspectives on the mental health system.”
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Sharing – Top 10 Best Suicide Prevention Quotes Annotated by an Attempt Survivor
Dwade picks out some excellent quotes that have helped. Some of these were familiar to me, other were not. This one though, hit home for me: ““I wonder if it will rain after we die. When you kill yourself, you don’t know what happens next, afterward.” ~Albert Borris Once again, this one gives me an…
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Shared Links (weekly) June 26, 2022
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3 people with serious mental illness share their pandemic journeys
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Why So Many Long COVID Patients Are Having Suicidal Thoughts
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Why Voices of Lived Experience are Vital to Mental Health Professionals
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7 Children’s Books That Explain Tragedies, News, and Difficult Topics
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Racial disparities in mental health care: An explainer and research roundup
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Sharing – This One Thing Heals Childhood Trauma
This is what matters. Having people around you with the knowledge and willingness to support you. Far too many survivors, youth and adults, have never had that. We’ve failed them as a society that values our own discomfort with the topic over supporting people we claim to care about.
Until we stop doing that and start connecting with anyone who has experienced childhood trauma, we’ll continue to see all of the negative effects writ large.
