Tag Archive | #Financial

#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – Help For Holiday Blues Is Just A Call Away
By DIANNE HARDISTY For The Californian How can a season known for its “good cheer” also be one filled with #stress, #anxiety and sometimes even despair? The reasons are many and range from people having unreasonable expectations to chronic #mentalhealthproblems. Layered on top of the normal winter and holiday blues that some people experience are […]

#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – People With #MentalHealthProblems Should Be Asked About #Finances
Links between debt, #mentalhealthproblems and #suicide must be a priority in #pandemic recovery plans, according to Money and #MentalHealth. Vicky Shaw People receiving treatment for #mentalhealthproblems should be routinely asked about their finances as part of urgent action needed to stop a devastating debt cycle, according to a charity. The Money and #MentalHealth Policy Institute said […]

#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – Children’s #MentalHealth Is A #Pandemic Crisis That Needs Immediate Solutions?
Addressing the #mentalhealthcrisis among #children exacerbated by the #pandemic is going to take greater investment in resources and a focus on prevention. Health-care providers nationwide continue to see fallout from the #mental and emotional toll the #pandemic has taken on #children and #teens, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s top #psychiatrist said in a virtual Q&A Wednesday. […]
#JamesDonaldson on #MentalHealth – Predictions Of More Suicides, Overdoses And #DomesticAbuse During #COVID Are Coming True
#Isolation, economic pressure and family conflict all are major contributors. By Dr. Yalda Safai #Coronavirus: 18 months later As the U.S. hits the grim milestone of 700,000 deaths, ABC News takes a look at the last six months of #coronavirus — how we got here, what went wrong and how it’s still impacting us all. […]
#JamesDonaldson on #MentalHealth – How To Prepare For The Coming #MentalHealth #Pandemic
The psychological damage from disasters like #Covid-19 can last for years. Here’s what we should do now — including create a national, 3-digit #suicide hotline. The combined impact on the nation’s #mentalhealth is becoming rapidly apparent with national increases in suicidal thoughts, alcohol sales and a 1,000 percent increase in crisis hotline use. By NINA VASAN and MARISA […]
#JamesDonaldson on #MentalHealth – No Known #MentalHealth Concerns Before One In Three #Student Suicides
Dr Sue Bagshaw discusses why #students don’t seek professional medical help Trustworthy, accurate and reliable news stories are more important now than ever. Support our newsrooms by making a contribution. CONTENT WARNING: #SUICIDE Every year about 580 people are lost to #suicide in New Zealand, many of them #students. A Stuff examination of 270 coroners’ reports of student […]
#JamesDonaldson on #MentalHealth – #Suicide Rates Rise In #Japan Among #Women And #Youth As A Result Of The #Pandemic
According to government data, the number of suicides in August increased by 15.4 per cent to 1,854. Despite a lower rate, the number of women who commit #suicide has increased by about 40 per cent. The number of students, from elementary to high school, taking their own lives has more than doubled compared to the […]