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It’s really hard to restructure a system that you’ve never been in
Voices of Hope founder Jazz Thornton says the Government's new Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission needs more former patients. "I think that it's really hard to restructure something or a system that you've never been in," she said.https://t.co/huZ72YoI93 pic.twitter.com/e5y2uNk21W — Like Minds (@NZLikeMinds) September 16, 2019

NZ police help in US child sex abuse arrest
Robert Sciolino was jailed for 10 years for receiving and possessing child pornography in Tampa, Florida, yesterday. The 51-year-old was caught, in part, by New Zealand detectives, who were running a covert online operation as part of the FBI’s Violent Crimes Against Children International Taskforce. — The user, Sciolino, was tracked and found to be…

Does #Lying About #Santa Hurt #Children ?
Can lying about Santa now hurt your child later? https://t.co/XrH0adWsmj pic.twitter.com/NchpIYqacN — HuffPost Parents (@HuffPostParents) December 21, 2017 Despite a much-circulated article last year in the medical journal Lancet Psychiatry that argued lying about Santa does, in fact, harm children, there’s scant evidence and nary a major study to back up the claim. So rest…

Economic burden of child sexual abuse in U.S. : insufficient data on males
https://journalistsresource.org/studies/economics/ecnonomic-cost-sexual-violence/ Letourneau, Elizabeth J.; et al. Child Abuse & Neglect. May 2018. The researchers tabulate the economic costs of child sexual abuse nationally, including costs related to health care, productivity loss, child welfare, violence and crime, special education and suicide. For this research, productivity loss means a victim or survivor’s potential loss of earnings stemming…
Peer support decreases suicide among first responders
http://bit.ly/2ReyaRd Firefighters and law enforcement officers are more likely to die by suicide than from a line-of-duty death, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. That’s why the Hamilton County Fire Chief’s Association created The Tri-State Peer Support Team. The peer group, which started Wednesday, helps identify and address mental health concerns among first…
External group needed to combat sexual assault in New Zealand universities
http://bit.ly/32dDBnW Researchers have called for an external oversight body in response to the number of sexual assault cases at New Zealand universities. Otago University PhD students Kayla Stewart and Lily Kay Ross spoke to TVNZ1’s Breakfast this morning to discuss their research into the prevalence of sexual violence and how best to address it. Their…