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Managing Lifelong Mental Health as a Senior
Mental Health | Last Active: Oct 23, 2023 | Replies (499)Comment receiving replies
Comment again...suicide rate increase for both seniors and young people is still increasing. For different reasons. Some mentioned here on the forum many times already. Maybe there should be some sort of forum-type thing that fits in with Connect. Maybe "sub-groups" of some kind. There is a logical way to address this in this format. I haven't given it any thought, but where there is a need ... There is a way to fill it. Besides, if you look back on how often this topic comes up in senior groups and in terminally ill folks ("terminal" is not my choice of words)...there is a huge group of people out there who need to CONNECT!!
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Great suggestion Georgette. As mentioned above, Connect is organized in Groups. Here is the group directory: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/groups/ You can always access the group directory by going to the top of the webpage, click Discuss, then click Groups. (on a mobile device click the menu icon, then discuss, then groups.) We are constantly creating new groups as membership and activity grows.
Currently suicide discussions are found in the Mental Health group, as are discussions on depression, bi-polar, PTSD, anxiety, etc. Each of these may grow into a separate group (or sub-group) of its own. It is most helpful when members use well-described subject lines for a new discussion to help people know what is being discussed. Here are a few good examples:
- I survived suicide attempts http://mayocl.in/2dw4ZJv
- Mother of special need children losing her mind http://mayocl.in/2ow0B0C
- What to do for socially phobic depression and anxiety & bipolar http://mayocl.in/2dN8mMk