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As the pandemic puts strain on LGBTQ youth mental health, here’s some advice [Los Angeles Times] For as long as Juan can remember, he felt that he didn’t fit the concept of the ideal kid. He has had several serious episodes with depression and three suicide attempts. By age 12, his parents placed him in a psychiatric clinic. Today, he is 26 and recognizes that his depression had a very specific cause: He couldn’t accept that he is attracted to men. Juan, who agreed to tell his story without publishing his surname, now considers himself emotionally stable and has expressed his sexuality openly since he was 18. But depression is like an “old friend” that occasionally visits. ....
Calls keep soaring at crisis hotlines: ‘It spiked and hasn’t stopped’ The steady increase in people reaching out to crisis hotlines and text lines across the country sends a sobering message about the overall emotional impact of the pandemic. By Bethany AoThe Philadelphia Inquirer Share PHILADELPHIA – Since 2016, Mark Trainer has worked as a counselor for Crisis Text Line, a national nonprofit organization that provides a free mental health texting service for people in crisis. On any given day, he talks with texters about a “very wide swath of challenges,” including struggles with school and relationships with their family or peers. ....
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world. news service reports Read Article BEIJING A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a former lawyer who reported on the early stage of the coronavirus outbreak to four years in prison on charges of “picking fights and provoking trouble,” one of her lawyers said. Zhang Zhan eats at a park during a visit to Wuhan in April. A Chinese court on Monday sentenced the former lawyer who reported on the early stage of the coronavirus outbreak to four years in prison for “picking fights and provoking trouble,” one of her lawyers said. ....
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