This isn’t new information for regular readers around here, what April says in the article below is a problem that just keeps getting worse. “April Foreman, an executive committee member of the board of directors at the American Association of Suicidology and a suicide prevention coordinator at the VA Health System in Baton Rouge, La.,…
First off, if prison guards and officials don’t know enough to make sure people who need medication are able to take it, we need to correct that. That is just abject failure to be human. But we also need to understand why someone having a mental health crisis being in jail is a bad idea…
There is a lot to read and digest in the article linked below. I think some of us might find it very surprising to learn that what we commonly see portrayed as “human trafficking”, is only a small portion of what is actually happening. I know that any major media outlet doing a story about…
More than eight in 10 men in prison suffered childhood adversity 10 Real Ways to Support a Friend After Suicide Loss Common Signs of Someone Who May Be Suicidal Matt Haig: ‘I wanted to end it all, but surviving and thriving is the lesson I pass on’ The Desert of Redemption? “Lastly, in the most…
Introduction to Megan Law, Author of ‘Mental Illness in the Family’ Good Treatment For Mental Illness Still Scarce In U.S. Prisons Video games to tackle mental health stigma Study Tests Cost-Effective Approach for Treating Major Depression in Prison Teens and Suicide: What Parents Should Know Talking about mental health is only the beginning Why Developing…
Should the prevention of childhood trauma be a public health issue? Not all trauma can be prevented, but when you see statistics like this, it’s hard to argue that this isn’t something that is affecting society in a large way: “Not only were rates of developing a mental illness higher, people who experienced more trauma…
