Matt Breen of Running For Resilience has started a powerful series on his Substack, titled Open Source Thinking. As explained by Matt, the purpose of this series is “Where I’ll be sharing my thoughts on how I think we could pursue a suicide-free society
A terrific read mate and awesome to see the conversation continuing. You raise great points and the entire health system (not just the mental health one) is in a state of emergency and under huge pressure. Until we live in society where we can all help each other to better self regulate our energy and emotions thru healthier lifestyles, I feel the entire health system will come under more and more pressure as people keen turning to unhealthy ways to deal with stress.
I've since come across two articles that shed some light on potential solutions: the use of amateur professionals. In my mind, this could also extend to communities.
A terrific read mate and awesome to see the conversation continuing. You raise great points and the entire health system (not just the mental health one) is in a state of emergency and under huge pressure. Until we live in society where we can all help each other to better self regulate our energy and emotions thru healthier lifestyles, I feel the entire health system will come under more and more pressure as people keen turning to unhealthy ways to deal with stress.
Hey Timmy,
I've since come across two articles that shed some light on potential solutions: the use of amateur professionals. In my mind, this could also extend to communities.
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/03/14/most-mental-health-problems-are-untreated-trained-laypeople-can-help
https://www.economist.com/international/2019/03/16/what-disasters-reveal-about-mental-health-care
If you can't get a free article/behind the paywall, let me know and I'll forward them through