- An interesting piece in the Forward on the battle against eating disorders and the like in the Orthodox Jewish community, talking a little about Renfrew and the OU-sponsored upcoming day-long conference featuring their documentary "Hungry to be Heard".
- A father calls for his son's suicide to be an appeal for awareness regarding mental illnesses.
- An xckd titled "Helping" that serves as a good reminder to help people find professional help:
That comic is really creepy.
ReplyDeleteit really is creepy. and real. did you know that hamodia started a new column on mental illness last week?
ReplyDeleteand real....yes.
ReplyDeletedid you know that hamodia started a new column on mental illness last week?No, I did not. Was it good?
i don't remember, and now i can't find it. it was in the magazine, the first segment was on myths. i didn't really read it all that well, cuz i only do "leisure reading" on shabbos, and that wasn't leisure...
ReplyDeleteS'ok... I'll see if I can find it. Thanks!
ReplyDeletei was a little upset by the lack of mention about sexual abuse in the article, although not surprised. and i shouldn't have been upset either, i'm just obsessed...
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, there is still a very strong stigma (similar to the one a commenter expressed on your blog recently about an excellent unprinted letter) that anything to do with sex is not fit for public consumption - even sexual abuse, which needs to be taught to protect people. :(
ReplyDeleteyou're telling me?? even the word "abuse" without "sexual" before it is still rarely mentioned, and when it is, it's all hush-hush, it doesn't happen here, only non-frum and all that garbage!
ReplyDeleteOh, I agree with you...
ReplyDeleteSigh...so true. But still hard.
ReplyDeleteBut still hard..
ReplyDeleteEspecially if you KNOW you can't help someone who keeps looking to you for help anyway.
http://www.hamodia.com/mainstory.cfm (for next few days at least)
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