The latest Surviving Spirit Newsletter - Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health is out - It can be read online via this & you can also subscribe - http://ml.survivingspirit.com/...tter/20240124222342/

Newsletter Contents:

1] Seasonal affective disorder: Self-care tips to fight the winter blues By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira @ CNN

2] Why more men are joining the ranks of therapists: ‘We’re rushing to a place we’re needed’ by Daniel Duane @ The Guardian

3] New study quantifies social cost of untreated traumatic childhood experiences at $14 trillion By Sujata Srinivasan @ Connecticut Public Radio

4] The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitative Relationships by author Dr Patrick Carnes

5] How to cope if you’re grieving: Q&A with a trauma therapist By Jessica DuLong @ CNN

6] For Too Many With Mental Illness, Incarceration is the Default By Debra A. Pinals, M.D. @ The Pew Charitable Trusts

6a] Formerly incarcerated lawmaker reflects on breaking down barriers after prison – YouTube - PBS News

6b] Likely Broad Impact for a U.S. Department of Justice Finding on Incarceration of People with Mental Illness by Ira A. Burnim @ Safety+Justice Challenge

7] ForLikeMinds Workbook – Workbook to Share Hope by Katherine Ponte

8] The Future of Gen Z’s Mental Health: How to Fix the ‘Unhappiest Generation Ever’ by Helen Chandler-Wilde @ The Telegraph

9] How Can a Church Care for the Trauma-Afflicted? by Michelle Stiffler @ Common Good Magazine

10] As Prescribed Film Screening - In partnership with Alliance for Benzodiazepine Best Practices

11] No One Wants To Read That You're Happy by Donald D'Haene @ Amazon Books

12] Disorder – film review by Cath Clarke @ The Guardian

13] "Eliminating the stigma surrounding suicide" - CBS News @ YouTube

14] Cutting 1 teaspoon of salt works as well as blood pressure meds, study finds by Sandee LaMotte @ CNN

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