UNC graduate’s death raises awareness of suicide
Priya Balagopal would have given anything to end the suffering she saw all around her, her friends said. She donated her time to helping children in low-income communities, survivors of sexual assault...
View Article12 Things you should know about suicide
Suicide is a dirty word, mired in judgment, shame, and taboo. It is often whispered or, even, denied (“Oh, he died of heart attack.”) or avoided (“She died suddenly.”). Given the staggering statistics,...
View ArticleShelley Lake walk to raise postpartum depression awareness
RALEIGH — In the months after her fourth son was born last year, Leslie Tremlett started to feel like she was crumbling inside. Though she kept up a good face at work, Tremlett, 38, found herself...
View ArticleApplying to Columbia as a Survivor
Warning: This post deals with issues of sexual violence. When someone posted an article about No Red Tape's Days on Campus demonstration in the Columbia Class of 2019 Facebook group, I smiled. I'm a...
View ArticleCampus sexual assault stories have two sides
Add comment + - Emma Sulkowicz, a senior visual arts student at Columbia University, carries a mattress in protest of the university's lack of action after she reported being raped during her sophomore...
View ArticleA Little Unwell
An era of senseless tragedies has begrudgingly brought to the fore issues of mental health and the fragility that often lies beneath the surface of sometimes highly functioning, seemingly "normal"...
View ArticleWe Need to End Rape on College Campuses, Once and For All
Just under two months since New York Magazine's groundbreaking cover story about the women who have come forward to accuse Bill Cosby of sexual assault, it seems as if there continues to be a steady...
View ArticleCollege Sexual Assault Survivors Hope That Obama's Task Force Will Lead To...
Dana Bolger, a recent graduate of Amherst College, didn't expect to get a call Wednesday morning from the White House. A staff member with the White House Council on Women and Girls was making sure...
View ArticleLady Gaga gets personal about saving troubled teens
(Billboard)Jamey Rodemeyer was a gay Lady Gaga fan from New York state. Bullied for his sexuality, the 14-year-old became a kind of online activist against harassment, even filming an "It Gets Better"...
View ArticleNo More Empty Chairs
Just under two months since New York Magazine's groundbreaking cover story about the women who have come forward to accuse Bill Cosby of sexual assault, it seems as if there continues to be a steady...
View ArticleStudy Links Domestic Abuse to Mental Health Problems in New Mothers (North...
(Source: North Carolina State University) For Immediate Release Dr. Sarah Desmarais | 919.515.1723 A new study shows that domestic abuse is closely linked to postpartum mental health problems,...
View ArticlePTSD
“PTSD is a whole-body tragedy, an integral human event of enormous proportions with massive repercussions.” ― Susan Pease Banitt Posttraumatic stress disorder or PTSD is a severe anxiety disorder that...
View ArticleWith ranks of suicidal veterans swelling, hotline offers help
Despondent over a breakup, the caller admitted he had relapsed into drug abuse and was afraid he'd lose his job as a long-haul trucker. He no longer wanted to live. From her office in the Milwaukee VA...
View ArticleWith ranks of suicidal vets swelling, hotline offers help
Despondent over a breakup, the caller admitted he had relapsed into drug abuse and was afraid he'd lose his job as a long-haul trucker. He no longer wanted to live. From her office in the Milwaukee VA...
View ArticleWorld Suicide Prevention Day 2014
"Mom, relax. Take it easy." That was my son's mantra. He was always telling me to "chill" or "live in the moment." Five years later Daniel's words still resonate, especially on the harder days. When we...
View ArticleWhat Happens Next?
When I was raped in June, I realized I couldn't be silent, and my personal blog made that possible for me. Most people on my Facebook timeline are probably sick and tired of seeing my blog posts, the...
View ArticleVet sets out on 400-plus-mile run to raise awareness of suicide
TAMPA — Shortly before 11 a.m. Army veteran Alex Estrella left MacDill Air Force Base heading south to Key West. But not by plane. Estrella, 56, is making the 405-mile journey on foot. In his combat...
View ArticleComing Out Against 'Conversion Therapy'
Today, on National Coming Out Day, countless lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people around the world will find the courage, through one another, to tell the world who they really...
View ArticleStudent sexual violence: 'leaving each university to deal with it isn't working'
Victims of rape and sexual assault say they are not being taken seriously by elite universities, with devastating results, a Guardian investigation reveals...
View ArticleMilitary Sexual Trauma: Prevalent and Under Treated (American Psychological...
(Source: American Psychological Association) WASHINGTON - Rates of military sexual trauma among men who served in the military may be as much as 15 times higher than has been previously reported,...
View ArticleHow Solitary Confinement Destroys Women
The rate of female incarceration is increasing rapidly, mostly for crimes driven by poverty and abuse. Then solitary confinement compounds the trauma. “I always felt unsafe is solitary,” said...
View ArticleChildhood Psychological Abuse as Harmful as Sexual or Physical Abuse...
(Source: American Psychological Association) WASHINGTON - Children who are emotionally abused and neglected face similar and sometimes worse mental health problems as children who are physically or...
View ArticleCalifornia Proposition 47
It's not easy to share my story. For nearly my entire life, I've had trouble admitting to myself, let alone family and friends, the sexual assaults that affected me so deeply. But I must speak out now,...
View ArticleThe Danger of 'It Wasn't Really Rape'
I watched in horror along with most of America as "19 Kids and Counting" parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar talked about their son, Josh's, molestation of their young daughters. Josh has admitted to...
View ArticleThe Start of Undoing Rape Culture
This Valentine's Day activists Tani Ikeda founder of imMEDIAte Justice, and Suey Park known for her hashtag-vism started the hashtag #survivorloveletter to flood the internet with support for survivors...
View ArticleVeterans Aren’t the Only Ones Suffering from PTSD
U.S.A. Juanita* often has panic attacks and wakes up from vivid nightmares in the middle of the night. Sometimes she experiences flashbacks and periods of depression. At times, she feels overwhelmed by...
View ArticleBeing A Sexual Assault Survivor In College Often Comes With Huge Bills
During the spring semester of her freshman year at the University of Rochester, on April 17, 2010, Amber Bennett went to a party. "I was under a lot of stress and I just wanted to have fun," said...
View ArticleIn Speedy’s memory: Raising awareness of mental illness and suicide
Jeret Peterson’s family and friends established the Speedy Foundation in honor of the Olympic silver medalist. The foundation strives to raise awareness and encourages people to discuss mental illness...
View ArticlePA Governor Wolf Proclaims June as "PTSD Awareness Month", June 27 PTSD...
HARRISBURG, Pa., June 25, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In an effort to raise public awareness about Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and its effective treatments, Governor Tom Wolf has...
View ArticleSurviving a loss to suicide
Survivors of suicide loss often hold on to guilt and blame for the self-inflicted deaths of their loved ones. While it is human to feel guilt surrounding a death, especially when the death occurs...
View ArticleUsing College Mental Health Services Can Lead To Students Getting Removed...
Rachel Williams restarted her collegiate career in fall 2013, but that wasn't her decision. As a freshman who had dealt with severe bulimia and anorexia in the past, Williams developed depression....
View ArticleAdding My Voice to Those Who Were Raped
Our society has a tendency to quantify pain. As a result, we end up in these futile discussions about how my pain is worse than your pain, or why what happened to you is far worse than what happened to...
View ArticlePost-traumatic mess? Why crisis counselors still don't know if they're...
Last month, floodwaters dark with silt and mud devastated a 1,500-square-mile area surrounding Denver. Nine people lost their lives. Some survivors lost their homes, and others couldn't return because...
View ArticleDomestic Abuse of New Mothers = Mental Health Problems
By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on April 15, 2014 ~ 2 min read Emerging research links domestic abuse to postpartum mental health problems, including depression...
View ArticleWhy George Will Is So Wrong About Sexual Assault on Campus
Recently, journalists from across the country have rushed to defend campus rapists and allowed men's rights activists to successfully infiltrate op-ed columns. For those of us who are survivors of...
View ArticleThe impact of PTSD by the numbers
By Lacie GloverPublished May 22, 2014NerdWallet Facebook0 Twitter0 Gplus0 Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychological disorder that occurs in some people after witnessing or experiencing a...
View ArticleNo, Meds Don’t Make Women Crazy
There's a good reason women use more meds than men - trauma. A survivor of childhood rape makes the case for medication. I remember parts of that night with surprising clarity. I saw the men inside my...
View ArticleThe Heart of the Matter
Artist: Loretta Gonzalez, Heart ache When we read about sexual abuse and assault incidents in the news, what is often missing is information about the long-term impact of those experiences,...
View ArticleWhat You Can Do If Your Friend Has Been Sexually Assaulted
The conversation about sexual assault usually centers around frightening statistics and failed responses from college institutions. Those stories need to be told, and loudly. But as we discuss the pain...
View ArticleChild sexual abuse victims at 'greater risk' of suicide under planned...
Child sexual abuse survivors will be at greater risk of suicide under planned Medicare changes that will increase health costs because they will not be able to afford mental health treatment,...
View ArticleIt's Not Just for Veterans
When Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is in the news, it is mostly because of the number of veterans suffering as a result of combat-related trauma. Victims of other kinds of trauma can also suffer from...
View ArticleGillibrand Opening Statement at Senate Subcommittee Hearing Examining Impact...
(Source: Kirsten E Gillibrand) Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Chair of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, delivered the following opening statement at Wednesday's...
View Article5 Things You Should Never Say to a Survivor of Sexual Assault
Earlier this week, I found myself engaged in a discussion about the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case. "Well what did she expect was going to happen when she decided to go to his hotel room late at...
View ArticleActivist Emma Sulkowicz Carries Mattress Across Stage At Columbia Graduation
Columbia University student and anti-sexual assault activist Emma Sulkowicz walked on stage at graduation on Tuesday, holding the mattress she's been carrying in protest since September. A video posted...
View ArticleHouse backs bill to help vets who've suffered sexual assault
Veterans who suffered sexual assault or other sexual abuse while in uniform would get help more easily from the Department of Veterans Affairs under a bill approved Monday by the House. The bill would...
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