Book Review: What is a Girl Worth? by Rachael Denhollander Beyond ‘stranger danger’: Look and listen for these signs of child sexual abuse Podcast: Holiday Coping Techniques 5 Tips for Starting a Conversation About Mental Health Can We Turn Down The Emotion On Traumatic Memories? The best way to understand someone’s mental health problem is…
Came upon this review from the Mental Health at Home blog, and something about it really hit home with me. I think in the survivor, and mental health, communities we have a real problem, and that problem has to do with how many people have this very strange way of defining “thinking positively”. So when…
Breaking the cycle of adverse childhood experiences and the culture of silence Is the Answer to All Our Stress and Illness More Kindness? – Maybe not all, but it wouldn’t hurt us. What Helps When You’re Suicidal – From Those Who Have Been There For kids who face trauma, good neighbors or teachers can save…
This is some interesting reading from Susannah Cahalan related to the closing of mental hospitals in the US. I already knew from my own reading that the closing, while supposedly meant to help patients who were being mistreated in some of those hospitals, created a much worse problem because they were released to be treated…
Found this review over at the Santa Monica Daily Press as part of a column by David Pisarra. In it, he talks about an app for domestic abuse sufferers to document what is happening secretly, but he also mentions this book by James Sweigert. I’ll let David’s description speak for itself: I recommend “If You…
Found this review from Louise Bradley on the Mental Health Commission of Canada website and thought the book by Anna Mehler Paperny might be of interest to readers here as well. In her words: Paperny is a journalist. She also lives with treatment resistant depression. Her book could be summed up in three words: know…
