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  • Would you Rather Talk Mental Health with a Bot?

    ByMikeM Reading Time: 2 minutes

    I’m glad so many people are open to having a robot therapist, because as we have discussed many times, we don’t have nearly enough therapists to treat everyone who needs it, and you can’t just create more trained therapists very quickly. With good enough artificial intelligence programming, we CAN spin up more trained chat robots to meet the need. Is the programming good enough today? I don’t know. I’m guessing there is still some work to do, but at what point is it better than what we have now for so many people, which is nothing?

  • Sharing – 11 myths about mental health

    ByMikeM Reading Time: 2 minutes

    Every once in awhile, though, these lists provide me with something that causes me to do a double take. Like this:

    “5. Only people without friends need therapists”

    Huh? Look, I have some great friends, who I love dearly. I even have some friends who are therapists, but none of those relationships is the equivalent of going to therapy

  • Links I’m Sharing (weekly) Sept. 27, 2020

    ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

    Coping with Depression

    We’re all in this together: Pandemic worsens depression, thoughts of suicide

    ‘Grave Sexual Abuse’: When the Word Rape Doesn’t Apply To Boys

    Make Mental Health Your #1 Priority

    How Therapy Helped Me Manage Trauma

    Listen, Open Up, Connect: A Mental Health Expert’s Advice On Living Through A Crisis

    Why You Can’t Think Your Way Out of Trauma

    9 Steps to Healing Childhood Trauma as an Adult

  • Mental Health Blogs

    ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

    Kevin has put together what he’s calling the “The Best Mental Health Blogs We’ve Found (So Far)” over on the Blunt-Therapy website.

    He was kind enough to list this little blog among the 49 blogs that are already listed, and he’s taking suggestions for more.

    If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that we really need more information, education, and support, when it comes to mental health. Maybe consider checking out his list, following these bloggers on social media of through email or RSS subscriptions, and spend some quality time finding better mental health?

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    Links I’m Sharing (weekly)

    ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

    How To Live With Someone Else’s Mental Illness
    PTSD Physical Symptoms Can Be Confounding for Sexual Assault Survivors
    Growing up I Often Heard “Therapy Is for White People”
    How the Pandemic Is Taking Its Toll on Our Mental Health
    One mental health solution: a kinder, gentler emergency department for people considering suicide
    Nearly three in four child abuse survivors without support, study finds
    Suicide After Suicide: What We Must Do to Break the Cycle
    Why Abused Children May Strive for Perfection