Dogs Placed in Elementary Schools Making a Big Difference in Academics and Mental Health for Michigan Students
"Research shows the presence of a trained dog lowers children’s stress, fosters a positive attitude toward learning, and smooths interactions between classmates."
I think this NPR story comes close to getting everything right about the dilemmas of involuntary treatment of psychiatric illnesses. I highly recommend it.
May is a time to raise awareness of and reduce the stigma surrounding behavioral health issues, as well as highlighting the ways how mental illness and addiction can affect all of us – patients, providers, families, and our society at large.
More tails from the misery that is indefinite imprisonment in England and Wales. Introduced by Labour (Blunkett) and since repealed with no thought for those imprisoned.
This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek we're focussing specifically on what trans people can do to look after our mental health. It's especially important at the moment because there's seems to be a new thing to contend with in the news every week.
#SocialMedia#MentalHealth: "Research on individuals also doesn’t support the belief that social media is driving mental health concerns. I recently published a meta-analysis of randomized experiments examining whether reducing social media time improves mental health. It does not. Put simply: It is not possible to make a causal claim that time spent on social media impacts mental health.
Some people might say “Aha, correlation doesn’t equal causation!” But it’s actually hard to find evidence for a correlation either. In a recent meta-analysis of correlational studies looking at screens including social media and smartphones, no correlation with mental health could be found.
As often happens with moral panics, the public have been presented with a case for effects that actually ignores considerable research evidence that we should slow down and consider other possibilities."
Living with a clinical psychologist who works in the community and frequently needs to call on the polis for help and/or protection, I get a continuous summary of the problems that they encounter. The paucity of provision for mental health provision across the UK has only worsened in the last 15 years. ‘Agencies' just don't have the people or the resources to step up.
My friend/colleague is launching a study that aims to look at the process of acculturation .
If you or someone you know is #SouthAsian and identifies as #male, please consider filling out this survey. Your responses bring to the forefront #research that can support #MentalHealth initiatives in our community.
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Privacy is dead, and all of your data, including medical information, is constantly being sold to the highest bidder. This is a terrible situation, and there should be strict regulations for those who are breaking the law. Source https://www.threads.net/@thebrianpenny/post/C6y2ckfxaDj/
@nixCraft Its not just online therapy either. Everything you say to inperson therapists too never stays with them. I promise you that
Everything is about money in the end. Its all one big circle of bullshit. People shouldn't be surprised when people dont trust therapy, and its disgusting to accuse someone of not wanting help because they refuse to go to therapy
Nah fam, it doesn't work and nothing is ever truly private, so I do not feel safe. ¯_(ツ)_/¯