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Sharing – 4 Books on Mental Health Written by People of Color
I am, obviously, not a Person of Color, but I recognize that this quote is true, and want to share these kinds of resources as a way to help where I can.
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Shared Links (weekly) July 11, 2021
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‘We Can Talk About This’: Kids Benefit When Parents Open Up About Mental Health Struggles
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COVID-19 Did Not Affect Mental Health the Way You Think
– Turns out there’s a lot of resiliency out there too, but it looks different for everyone.
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How one woman’s experience with childhood sexual abuse inspired her to help others heal
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Suicide is the single biggest killer of men under 45
– in the UK
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“Never Look on the Dark Side”: The Science of Positivity from Early Eugenics to Today
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Sharing – Twenty-year study links childhood depression to disrupted adult health and functioning
This is a really detailed, long-term study and shows us something I think many of us suspect. That kids who develop depression are more likely to go on to struggle as adults in many different ways.
Also, that the kids who developed symptoms and got treatment, showed fewer issues than kids with symptoms who were unable to get treatment, but not as few as kids who didn’t have symptoms to start with.
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Sharing – One in 100 deaths is by suicide
I want abuse survivors to know that healing is possible. I want people dealing with mental health issues to have hope that they can get better. I work hard to get that message out, but those 700,000 people who died by suicide in 2019 won’t ever get to read what you just read. They aren’t here.
I’m tired of that. These numbers are so much more than numbers.
