December 17, 2021
David Bond, director of behavioral health and lifestyle medicine at Blue Shield of California spoke with KGO-TV in a LinkedIn Live event Wednesday. In separate interviews, he also shared his insight into identifying and aiding people struggling with mental health. He spoke with the Los Angeles Times and U.S. News & World Report:
David Bond
In U.S. News & World Report’s “11 Tricks to Support Someone Combating Mental Health”:
Bond adds, “like on an airplane where you’re asked to place your oxygen mask on first before helping those around you, we cannot suppress our own mental health needs for those of others.”
The added bonus of caring for yourself is that you just’ll even be modeling “healthy coping mechanisms for the one you love,” he says. “Show them the way you’re prioritizing mental well-being so that they feel comfortable doing the identical.”
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Within the Los Angeles Times’ “Youth Mental Health Crisis What Parents Should Watch For,” Bond focused on identifying issues with children:
Bond offered 4 inquiries to ask when attempting to decipher whether a baby goes through a typical adolescent issue or something more serious:
- When did it start?
- Was there an event or something that caused the change?
- What’s the frequency of the behavior?
- What’s the intensity of the behavior?
Bond said a baby can feel stressed or sad from a breakup or a difficult test in school — that’s normal. But there could also be a variety of other forces layered on top of that, Bond said, including the pandemic, injustices, racial and cultural issues and LGBTQ-related stress.
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