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ACE 101: Parental Mental Illness

Stop Abuse Campaign

When thinking about how parental mental illness can affect family members, the landmark CDC/Kaiser Permanente study on ACEs defined “mental illness” to include everything from eating disorders and depression to more chronic conditions that completely distort a person’s perception of themselves and reality. Additional Resources for Help.

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The Impact of Collective Trauma and How Behavioral Health Organizations Can Help

Relias

Individuals affected by collective trauma may also exhibit symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, or other mental health disorders. The trauma can manifest in somatic complaints, exacerbating physical health conditions.

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What Are The New Government Guidelines For Children’s Mental Health?

MQ Mental Health

One of the most impactful projects MQ has supported has been the ground-breaking Adolescent Data Platform (ADP) which brought together anonymised health data from schools, local authorities, NGO’s, the Criminal Justice system and the NHS, and made it accessible for research.

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What Are The New Government Guidelines For Children’s Mental Health?

MQ Mental Health

One of the most impactful projects MQ has supported has been the ground-breaking Adolescent Data Platform (ADP) which brought together anonymised health data from schools, local authorities, NGO’s, the Criminal Justice system and the NHS, and made it accessible for research.

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Suicide among LGBTQ Youth: Risks and Prevention

Stop Abuse Campaign

Bisexual youth report higher rates of depressed mood, bullying, sexual assault, and physical harm. . The Trevor Project found that when it comes to transgender mental health and non-binary mental health, these youth face an elevated risk for depression and suicidality compared to youth who are cisgender and straight. . Gem Garcin.

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ACE 101: Incarcerated Household Member

Stop Abuse Campaign

Those who experienced four or more ACE categories showed increased risk for negative outcomes like alcoholism, drug abuse, depression, suicidal tendencies, and many other diseases and behaviors that have been recognized as leading causes of death in adults. What Can We Do?

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Can prisoners with mental health problems benefit from psychological therapy? Yes, but health and justice need to be closer friends.

Society of Clinical Psychology

All over the world, people held in our jails and prisons experience far greater levels of mental illness than the general population including PTSD, major depression, psychotic illness and personality disorder (Fazel & Seewald, 2012, Goff et al., This SCP blog by Karen Slade, Psy.D. 2007; Butler et al., Reference Article. Yoon, I.