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What’s next?
Posted on 14/02/2012 | 0 Comments
Interesting story in the Toronto Star. Seems that some bright inventor decided to apply restaurant technology to hospital clinics and ER waiting rooms. So, (wait for it) here is the amazing way forward! Yes, you guessed it – beepers.
Preventing Youth Suicide: Doing the right thing or not?
Posted on 14/02/2012 | 2 Comments
Just had a chance to read a report put out by well meaning people on the topic of suicide prevention in youth. In that report the author kept repeating about the many community and school-based programs that have been proven to prevent youth suicide.
Digital Media and Mental Health—Another Opinion
Posted on 14/02/2012 | 0 Comments
True, maybe “callous reality television” is making us youth more ‘detached’, but maybe not. Ok, so we may not develop empathy watching the girls on The Hills shop for purses (except maybe for the poor cameramen who have to film Spencer and Heidi’s nauseating displays of affection), but what about reality shows that highlight very real issues like drug addiction, health problems and poverty?
Understanding Teens—Is it Possible?
Posted on 14/02/2012 | 0 Comments
So, our teenagers are a mess. They mostly cause trouble.
It’s Time To Focus On Triumphs
Posted on 14/02/2012 | 0 Comments
Recent reports from the BBC highlight the complexities of helping people with psychotic illnesses – specifically schizophrenia, live symptom free and positive lives.
New mtvU & Associated Press Poll Examines College Students’ Mental Health
Posted on 14/02/2012 | 0 Comments
As millions of college students graduate college this year, mtvU, MTV’s 24-hour college network and The Associated Press today revealed the results of a new poll examining the emotional health of college students as they face a global recession and a receding job market, finding that more than half of college seniors are worried they won’t be able to secure a job after graduation
If the world were a village of 100…
Posted on 14/02/2012 | 0 Comments
How do we make sense of numbers? Last year when when the economic crisis loomed the Federal Reserve and Treasury Secretary urged Congress to approve a $700 billion bailout of struggling financial institutions. I remember politicians and media going to great lengths to try and put this amount of money in context.
Parental Anguish, Teen Angst
Posted on 24/01/2012 | 2 Comments
The responsibility of civil society to help people who are, as a result of their mental condition, making terrible decisions about their well-being
Getting the Message
Posted on 18/01/2012 | 0 Comments
Why should the media harbor less stigma than the population in general? Should we expect reporters to know more about mental illness and write about it from a base of some expertise?
Reading Between the Lines
Posted on 06/01/2012 | 0 Comments
Let’s keep a critical eye on how stories about youth mental health are reported in the media this year.
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Thanks to sites like these, there seems to be a greater awareness of teen mental issues. When I grew up the subject was almost taboo, and parents barely acknowledging their children having these problems. I am glad that this issue is in the open where young people can discuss their conditions freely.
By James Beglin on August 05th
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