‘Safe, Simple, Cost-effective:’ Acupuncture as Opioid Alternative VIDEO – THE RIGHT KIND OF NEEDLE – March 21, 2024 -For Kayla Rath, a correctional officer in the armed forces, this method has made a major difference in her life — both at work and at home. I can say that in... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecovery
23AndMe and Ancestry Reveal the Frightening Extent of Incest in the US ALCOHOLIC BEHAVIOR? – March 19, 2024 - People born of incest may feel like they cannot reproduce for fear of giving birth to a baby with life-threatening genetic anomalies. One such person is 64-year-old Te... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental HealthTrauma
Study Sheds Light on Narcissism’s Impact on Romantic Burnout IT’S NOT YOU, IT’S ME ME ME – March 20, 2024 - Narcissism, which involves a strong focus on oneself, can lead to problems in how people connect with their partners. The research breaks down narcissism into two main t... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental Health
Loneliness Worse than Smoking, Alcoholism, Obesity VIDEO – JOIN A 12-STEP GROUP? – March 22, 2024 - Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marty Makary discusses a new study that suggests loneliness can lead to premature death on ‘Varney & Co. WATCH@Fox ... Read More...Articles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancylonelinessMental Health
Screens Poison Kids’ Minds HIJACKED BRAINS – March 22, 2024 - Teenagers are inundated with notifications, with one study estimating they get 237 pings a day. “Smartphones and social media fundamentally changed the way teens spend their ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneFeatured ArticlesinternetinterventionMental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Kids’ Phone-Based Existence InHuman CHILDHOOD CANCELED – March 21, 2024 - “Suppose that when your first child turned ten, a visionary billionaire whom you’ve never met chose her to join the first permanent human settlement on Mars … Would you let her g... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionMental HealthSliderSmartphone Addictionteenagers
Three Months After Leaving Patton State Mental Hospital She Was Dead AUDIO – SCANDAL or FATE? – March 13, 2024 - The department agreed to pay the Amity Foundation roughly $121 million over five years to oversee and review reentry homes in Los Angeles County, Taxpayers paid about $5,... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainterventionlife expectancyMar 19 2024Mental Health
Walking Can Cut Disease and Death WALK ON THE MILD SIDE do do do – March 6, 2024 - For people with low and high amounts of sedentary time, getting any number of steps higher than 2,200 per day was linked with lower odds of developing car... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMar 19 2024Mental Health
What I Have Learned Through Childhood Trauma THIS TOO SHALL PASS – March 2024 - I will never say that my trauma in childhood was a positive thing. In an ideal world there would be no such thing. However, for many of us it is a fact of life. Most of us have had ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMar 19 2024Mental HealthTrauma
The Profound Impact of Alcohol & Drugs on Your Brain WHAT DAMAGE? – March 10, 2024 - Each of your brain cells has your genetic code stored in long strands of DNA. For all that DNA to fit into a cell, it needs to be packed tightly. This is achieved by winding the DNA ar... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMar 19 2024Mental Health
Therapy Dog Helping Women Overcome Addiction VIDEO – PAWS WHEN AGITATED – March 7, 2024 - “I’ve created meaningful friendships. Ozzie is a part of that,” said Abbey Colburn, a client at the Adult and Teen Challenge of Western Wisconsin. Ozzie is in the... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMar 12 2024Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Single Dose of LSD Provides Immediate & Lasting Relief from Anxiety UNLESS YOU SWALLOW IT – March 7, 2024 - Professor David Nutt, director of the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit at Imperial College London’s division of brain sciences, who researches psychedelics, said in an email that t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMar 12 2024Mental HealthPsychedelics
Anxiety Drug Killed My Son and So Many Are Dying From It HOW MANY MORE? – March 3. 2024 - The drug that helped Alex Cottam turn his life around was also the one that ended up killing him. Alex, a 27-year-old software engineer, had been prescribed pregabalin to help h... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionlife expectancyMar 5 2024Mental HealthTrauma
Mark Zuckerberg – “It’s Not My Fault.” IT NEVER IS – Feb. 23, 2024 - FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM CEO is arguing he can’t be held personally liable for accusations that his platforms have led to kids being addicted to social media. A ruling in the bill... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneFeb 27 2024internetinterventionMental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Drug Deaths Have Devastating Impact on Loved Ones COUNTRY IN CONSTANT MOURNING – Feb. 21, 2024 - 125 million American adults know at least one person who died by overdose. For many, it was a devastating loss. 40% of Americans know someone who died of a ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 27 2024life expectancyMental HealthOverdoseTrauma
7 Alarming Maternal Mental Health Statistics MOTHERHOOD AIN’T EASY – Feb. 7, 2024 - About one in 10 people who can become pregnant worldwide deal with mental health issues during pregnancy and the postpartum period, according to the World Health Organization. O... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiondepressionFeb 27 2024interventionMental HealthRecovery
Lots of Young People on Lots of Psychiatric Drugs THEY’RE CUSTOMERS FIRST AND FOREMOST – Feb. 16, 2024 - Growing numbers of children and adolescents are being prescribed multiple psychiatric drugs to take simultaneously. The phenomenon is increasing despite warnings... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 20 2024interventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryteenagersTrauma
LINDA ROBSON: My Soul Shattering Breakdown Memoir WRITING IT ALL DOWN – Feb. 9, 2024 - I was one of life’s strong people. I soldiered on, no matter what. Whatever the world threw at me, I could cope with it. I was the least likely candidate for a breakdown. ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 20 2024interventionInterviewMental Health
Lawmakers Champion MDMA as a ‘game-changer’ in PTSD Treatment VIDEO – LET IT WORK IF IT WORKS – Feb. 15, 2024 - Advocates and lawmakers across the political spectrum are optimistic about its chances for approval and pushing for a speedy rollout of so-called “MDMA-assisted the... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 20 2024interventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabTrauma
We Document Our Whole Lives Online – but Should We? YOUR 15 MINUTES IS OVER – Feb. 8, 2024 - ‘You Don’t Need To Document Everything’ questioned it all. The essay was promoted by a video taken on New Year’s Eve in Paris, which showed hundreds of people recording the f... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneFeb 13 2024internetinterventionMental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Tylenol PM and Advil PM and Benadryl Linked to Dementia? VIDEO – SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THIS – Feb. 2, 2024 - Dr. Charles Puza, a New York–based physician, has recently shocked over a million people on TikTok by revealing that the continual use of anticholinergic medicat... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 6 2024life expectancyMental Health
Nearly Half of All UK Teens Feel Addicted to Social Media SO AM I – Feb. 2, 2024 - In recent years, there has been growing concern about the addictive qualities of social media. Last year, the US surgeon general issued a public health advisory on the risks that social media... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneFeb 6 2024internetinterventionMental HealthSmartphone Addiction
NYC Mayor Classifies Facebook as ‘public health hazard’ IT’S ABOUT TIME – Jan. 24, 2024 - “Companies like TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook are fueling a mental health crisis by designing their platforms with addictive and dangerous features,” he said. “We cannot stand by and... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionJan 30 2024Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction
If Your Index Finger is Shorter Than Your Ring Finger? You May Be a PSYCHOPATH JUST DON’T DRINK – Jan. 16, 2024 - From The Joker to Patrick Bateman, psychopaths have featured in many famous blockbuster hits throughout the years. Now, scientists have revealed an easy way to ident... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJan 23 2024Mental Health
Ukrainian Military Experimenting with Ibogaine WAR IS HELL – Jan. 17, 2024 - Ukraine is working with a founder of the Yippie movement to provide ibogaine to soldiers on and off the battlefield. This is possibly the first study to report evidence for a single trea... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 23 2024Mental HealthPsychedelicsTrauma
Understanding the Brain’s Role in Addiction I THINK THEREFORE I USE – Jan. 18, 2024 - The researchers focused on the brain’s reward system, a critical factor in the development of addiction. They discovered that prolonged cocaine use can lead to changes in t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 23 2024Mental HealthRecoveryRehab
Cultivating Inner Strength When Times Get Tough by Dr. Louise Stanger BOUNCING BACK – Jan. 12, 2024 - Life inevitably brings periods of difficulty, stress, and hardship. From personal tragedies to collective crises, adversity can shake us to the core. Yet the... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionInterviewJan 16 2024Mental Health
Four Things To Do Everyday To Be Happier A GOOD START – Jan. 6, 2024 - There is Another Way to Happiness: The Four Step CAST Process that Will Transform Your Life. 1. Consciousness 2. Awareness 3. Surrender 4. Trust ... all explained in full. The boo... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionJan 16 2024Mental Health
Infant’s Capability for Consciousness THEY KNOW! – Jan. 2, 2024 - When does consciousness begin? There is evidence that some form of conscious experience is present by birth, and perhaps even in late pregnancy, an international team of researchers... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 9 2024life expectancyMental Health
9 Easy Ways to Be Healthier in 2024 AND NO BOOZE – Jan. 2, 2024 - Sometimes trying to be healthy feels like just another item on your endless, exhausting to-do list. Here on NPR’s health team, we don’t want to add to anyone’s stress. The good news is t... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 9 2024life expectancyMental HealthRecovery