Link – Release of “13 Reasons Why” Associated with Increase in Youth Suicide Rates

Link – Release of “13 Reasons Why” Associated with Increase in Youth Suicide Rates

It’s important to note that we cannot know for sure that there is a causal relationship between these two events, and the NIMH admits that as well, but that is in part due to the fact that we never really know what causes any individual case of suicide. What we do know, though, is that…

Reviews Elsewhere – Playing Hurt: My Journey from Despair to Hope

Reviews Elsewhere – Playing Hurt: My Journey from Despair to Hope

For sports fans in the US, John Saunders is a familiar name from his years on ESPN. His memoir has been released posthumously, and little did I realize the connection between that and child abuse and mental health struggles, but this review from Mental Health America makes it clear that there is definitely a connection….

Link – Last night’s Panorama on antidepressants was propaganda, not journalism

Link – Last night’s Panorama on antidepressants was propaganda, not journalism

Not living in the UK, I haven’t seen this program, but I’ve seen a few people with similar reactions, and if this is what the BBC did, it’s dangerous. “Antidepressants -A prescription for murder? The title may be a question, but it is asking us to ponder a point that we have previously had no reason to…