Susan G Colmer

Founder/Director, GV Developmental Clinic, Shepparton, Vic. No gov funding. Practising as a neurodiversity-affirming, trauma-informed Counselling Psychologist.

[Virginia Giuffre @VRSVirginia]

I am making it publicy known that in no way, shape or form am I sucidal. I have made this known to my therapist and GP- If something happens to me- in the sake of my family do not let this go away and help me to protect them. Too many evil people want to see me quiteted 🦋

[Jess @MeetJess]

« Five years on from March 2020, millions of people still face debilitating symptoms, with huge repercussions on public health and productivity. But politicians are starting to pretend the pandemic never happened » https://t.co/tvSWFzmzWF

[tern @1goodtern]

Take this image of the *sickness* absence rate of the NHS and flip it upside down....

You start with an increase in people sick...

And you get...

The number of people available to work.

A ONE PERCENT REDUCTION.

Now, you might think that's it... but add to that...

[tern @1goodtern]

Here is the *monthly sickness absence rate* of the *seventh largest employer in the world*.

How can you not see that people are getting sicker and sicker since Covid started and that it hasn't stopped yet?

[Shabnam Nasimi @NasimiShabnam]

We warned you.

Afghanistan is now a dark surveillance state for women.

The Taliban have hired/coerced women into becoming spies, monitoring Instagram to report uncovered faces & infiltrating WhatsApp groups posing as activists.

Afghan women need help.
https://t.co/eV99JntVHE

[Tyler Black, MD @tylerblack32]

People who have followed my threads will not be surprised.

🇦🇺 : strong drop in youth suicide following the onset of the pandemic.

The fearmongers and "experts" (quotes intentional) were wrong, and proper statistical analysis, principled suicidology, and skepticism was right.

[Susan G Colmer @SusanGColmer1]

@drpete00 @DaveMilbo Clinics are small businesses. Bbilling at low MBS rebates wout additional gov funding, & running at a loss, is simply not a choice. With low MBS rebates, clinics have no choice but to charge the appropriate and sustainable priv fee & leave the patient to claim the low rebate.

[Susan G Colmer @SusanGColmer1]

No basic, let alone universal, human rights for females under the Taliban. But who wants to keep talking about this, in the so called West? Nothing to see in Afghanistan in 2024. Right?

[Shabnam Nasimi @NasimiShabnam]

“Just as education for girls is banned, questioning it is also banned” —Taliban Minister of Education.

Afghanistan is a living dystopia, yet the world turns a blind eye. Girls’ education faces permanent erasure. The world fell for their false promises. It’s time to WAKE UP.

[Susan G Colmer @SusanGColmer1]

@DavidGr9168476 @criprights He might or might not know better, but, either way, he himself is not better. This is who he is.

[Susan G Colmer @SusanGColmer1]

@joannemvillani @criprights It's infuriating, the language and expressions that are used to accuse and attack participants - and providers. Half the time the accusers are barking up the wrong tree.

[Raina MacIntyre @Globalbiosec]

The large epidemic in #DRC comprises mostly children, with 60-70% of cases in kids. This is non-sexual transmission, likely close contact and respiratory. https://t.co/ELHEuHOgad.

[Thread Reader App @threadreaderapp]

@meeri_schu @tylerblack32 @meeri_schu Hola, you can read it here: https://t.co/dVt1Suzbmi Talk to you soon. 🤖

[Tyler Black, MD @tylerblack32]

The effect of school:
Psychiatric Visits
--- Girls: +33% Boys: +19%
--- <14y: +25% 14+: +23%
Suicide attempts: +26%

The effect of lockdown severity:
Psychiatric Emergencies: -23%
Suicide Attempts: -17%

Thanks to @CaulfieldTim for sharing this study.

[Tyler Black, MD @tylerblack32]

A study from Italy - 9 urban centers looking at pediatric psychiatric emergencies:

Conclusion: "School opening, but not social lockdown restriction, was associated with an increase in the number of [emergency department] psychiatric visits"

https://t.co/nNSeQe9XQ1

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[Susan G Colmer @SusanGColmer1]

@SatPaper @SatPaper you need to make this article accessible to all to read

[Susan G Colmer @SusanGColmer1]

@MobWoke1 @SatPaper He targeted females. He bypassed males. The injured/murdered males were collateral damage. Mental illness does not cut it. Misogyny - an ideology - does.

[Susan G Colmer @SusanGColmer1]

@SatPaper Patriarchal legal/security systems do not classify misogyny as an ideology that poses threat to females. The BJ attack is a classic example of this: hx of MH issues allowed to camouflage the underlying ideology of misogyny that lead to this man targeting/killing females.

[Susan G Colmer @SusanGColmer1]

Patriarchal legal/security systems do not classify misogyny as an ideology that poses threat to females. The BJ attack is a classic example of this: hx of MH issues allowed to camouflage the underlying ideology of misogyny that lead to this man targeting/killing females.

[The Saturday Paper @SatPaper]

"Terrorism, broadly, is defined as the use of intentional violence against innocent people to highlight or achieve political or ideological objectives." Two recent knife attacks demonstrate how violence impacts women, and how it is treated by authorities. https://t.co/UetLlPQpjo