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Finding Help on Self-Injury Awareness Day in Chicago

Gateway Foundation

In some cases, they can also lead to cutting and self-inflicted harm. Self-injury is more common than many people realize, mainly because those who struggle with it tend to hide this behavior. It’s essential to bring awareness to this topic, inform others about it and offer help to those dealing with self-harm.

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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., Prisons are hostile and often unsafe places, with high levels of violence and self-harm.

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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

Beautiful Voyager

Like Thompson, they filled the day with activities that provided structure and predictability, the two things I needed as much as medication and psychotherapy. I was self-employed and wondered if this hiatus would have an effect on my income and reputation. Iā€™m self-employed,ā€ I started. So, what the hell am I doing here?ā€