Board Certified Psychiatrist Expert Interview. 18 August 2021. Simply mentioning any symptoms or concerns you have should be an effective way to initiate a candid discussion with your doctor. Our public servants of course have a hugely important role to play here. They interact with people when they are at their most vulnerable and they deal with issues like debt and gambling that can be major risk factors.

You don’t need to tell every person about your failure to go to the gym. You don’t need to espouse elegantly about your depression to strangers. You don’t need to whine about your failed candidate’s promises. As well as looking at those communities at greatest risk, we must also look at the risk factors that lead to suicides across all communities, and this is the second area of what I wanted to talk about today. There is no magic answer. There is no treatment that works for everyone. We each must choose our own path to recovery, to learn to see, recognize, and accept ourselves for who we are and what we are like.Gillsjö C, Berglund M (2014) Reflective STRENGTH-giving dialogue developed to support older adults in learning to live with long- term pain: a method and a study design. J Gerontol Geriat Res 3:1000187. https://doi.org/10.4172/2167-7182.1000187 Briggs AM et al (2018) Reducing the global burden of musculoskeletal conditions. Bull World Health Organ 96:366–368. https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.17.204891 With one in ten young people suffering from a mental health problem, we cannot let this issue drift or rely on adult services as a cure-all. The money we are investing today will work specifically for children on therapies that are proven to work. Be an advocate. After you have become more accepting of your condition, another way to overcome your own tendency to suffer in silence is to speak out and influence others to get help, too. Research either a regional advocacy group or a national group (or both) and figure out how you can get involved. [15] X Trustworthy Source National Alliance on Mental Illness Grassroots mental health-focused organization providing resources, support, and education for those affected by mental illness Go to source

Declaration of Helsinki (2016) Ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects. https://www.wma.net/policies-post/wma-declaration-of-helsinki-ethical-principles-for-medical-research-involving-human-subjects/ The dark cloud of suicide means that too much potential has gone unfilled and that there are too many families that have been left incomplete. Collis D, Waterfield J (2015) The understanding of pain by older adults who consider themselves to have aged successfully. Musculoskelet Care 13:19–30. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1083Something both psychologists and psychiatrists are well aware of is that trauma and silence almost always go hand-in-hand. It’s not easy to talk out loud about the thing hurting us. Hoyos L et al (2018) Deficits in functional ambulatory performance during simple and complex walking tasks in older adults with musculoskeletal pain. J Pain 19:S103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2017.12.239 Todres L, Galvin KT, Dahlberg K (2014) ‘‘Caring for insiderness’’: phenomenologically informed insights that can guide practice. Int J Qual Stud Health Well-Being 9:21421

Svanström R, Johansson Sundler A, Berglund M, Westin L (2013) Suffering caused by care-elderly patients' experiences in community care. Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being 8:20603. https://doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v8i0.20603 Male rape and sexual abuse is a largely hidden crisis. We know most female survivors never report their experiences; among men, it’s even higher. For those men who do come forward about sexual abuse, the evidence suggests that it takes them three decades on average to do so. Today, I want to discuss the importance of suffering in silence, so you have the strength needed to resolve your issues. Table of Contents The first is encouraging those people who are at the greatest risk to come forward and to get the help they need. Talking about our innermost feelings can be uncomfortable and upsetting of course. But it is so important. One way to endure and distract from pain is also to consciously transfer the focus from oneself and the pain to things such as participating in associations or watching television: “I don’t think about the pain when I’m occupied.” Characteristics such as being resilient, persistent, patient and stubborn or having the ability to “try to forget about the pain” are described as successful ways to endure and distract from pain. It gives a sense of being strong when they are able to function despite difficulties: “You have to confront yourself with the pain to be able to feel that you can pull through despite the pain. It hurts terribly, but I can withstand. In a way, that gives me some strength.”I will also work jointly across government to look at both upcoming and current legislation to make sure it meets the rapidly evolving challenges that we face. IASP, International Association for the Study of Pain, Subcommittee on Taxonomy (1986) Classification of chronic pain. Descriptions of chronic pain syndromes and definitions of pain terms. Pain Suppl 3:1–226

A report for the Adolescent Mental Health programme finds that, and I quote, “in cohesive neighbourhoods defined as a place where people know their neighbours, adolescent wellbeing and mental health are stronger”.And here, again, we see the consequences of gender norms imprisoning men: in the UK the biggest killer of men under 45 is suicide, often because they feel unable to get the support they need. “To support boys and men, we need to adopt a new language: that it’s OK to be vulnerable,” Craig tells me. “I know now my own vulnerability is my strength … that holding it means no one else is holding it against me. It’s my weapon to cut through dark times.” Male survivors are suffering, largely in silence: but it’s not because they don’t want to talk. How we build a society that frees them to do so: that is the challenge we must all answer. These trials have already shown to be a great success and I’m pleased to confirm today that we will now be rolling this initiative out nationally and it’ll be operational from early next year. Keep in mind, however, that while your family doctor may be able to offer some preliminary suggestions or even write a prescription, it's probably best to ask for a referral to see a mental health specialist. [9] X Research source These professionals have specialized experience in treating mental illness, and can offer you the best chance at recovery. PDF / EPUB File Name: Suffer_in_Silence_-_Kelsey_Clayton.pdf, Suffer_in_Silence_-_Kelsey_Clayton.epub