This is such an important thing to remember when you are reading social media, blog posts, articles, etc. “But depression, despite the fact that it is known by that single label, represents a broad constellation of symptoms. Some people might be anxious and angry while others find themselves withdrawing from society or unable to make…
This report seems totally out of sync with everything we know about mental health care, but maybe not so much. “It might have to do with the importance of consistent and stable therapy. While an access model gets students into care for a first appointment sooner, counselors often have too many patients and are unable…
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Not only are parents missing what’s happening with their kids, this miscommunication goes both ways: “Jones and his team were surprised to find similar disagreement in the other direction, between children’s downplayed reports of their thoughts versus what their parents saw as troubling indicators. A significant number of teenagers denied they had thought about suicide…
This is the other side of that work vs. mental health equation that I’m often going on about. “Living with Depression does not mean someone can’t work. Often work can be a great help to stabilising symptoms and improving the heath of people living with Depression.” Yes, work can be stressful. The environment and the…
We might just have it backwards about social media. It might be that teens who are already struggling with mental health issues, self-esteem issues, etc. are using it more. Not that using it more causes those things. “Childhood emotional maltreatment has important adverse psychological and emotional impacts on children, and they might try to avoid…
