Mental Health

Family Suing Social Media over Son’s Suicide

VIDEO ONLY – EVIL ON THE SMALL SCREEN – April 27, 2022 - “When we found him, his phone was still on-still in his hand”, explained CJ Dawleys’ mother. She continued, “He was so addicted to his phone... Read More...

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A Deep Dive into the History of Mental Illness

BOOK REVIEW: IN SEARCH OF MADNESS – April 17, 2022 - A word of caution for those approaching Professor Brendan Kelly’s latest book, In Search of Madness. If your self-esteem has recently taken a pummelling, do ... Read More...

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How-To Travel Guide for the Newly Sober

DON’T FORGET YOUR GRAPEVINE – April 18. 2022 - What felt like her unchangeable future proved not just changeable but also hopeful. That PBS moment sparked something within Hong. In 2013, two years after watchin... Read More...

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You Lived Through Covid, Now Don’t Die From Alcohol

THE ROAD TO SOBRIETY – April 20, 2022 - The Buddhists say the odds of being born a human is the same as if there was a single round life preserver floating in the Pacific Ocean and every 100 years a porpoise pop... Read More...

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Battle To Keep People Alive as Fentanyl Ravages SF’s Tenderloin

STOPS YOUR HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO – April 23, 2022 - This neighborhood and the adjoining South of Market (SoMa) district have become ground zero in an opioid overdose crisis that is killing thousands of Califor... Read More...

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Veterinarians Suffering From Burn Out

ITS RAINING CATS AND DOGS – April 18, 2022 - The resulting spike in pet health concerns has been straining a corner of the medical world that doesn’t get as much attention as doctors and nurses: veterinarians.... Read More...

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Pandemic Stress & Loneliness Making Addiction More Common

HOW DO WE COPE? – April 18, 2022 - Eliana Leve, director of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s New York services, agreed: “Addictive behaviors are often linked to emotional and social deficits. The isolation... Read More...

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Nonprofit Tackles Stigma Around Substance Use

AUDIO – SOBERING CONVERSATION – April 20, 2022 - “I didn’t want not one more family member to be in the dark and living with the terror that they would lose their family member,” Porter said. Be Part of the ... Read More...

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Fun and Sobriety Are Not Mutually Exclusive

AUDIO – DANCE LIKE NO ONE IS WATCHING – April 13, 2022 - Your friend says to you, “Let’s get drunk and have some fun.” Or maybe they say, “We got so drunk last night—wasn’t that fun?” Depending on the person m... Read More...

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American Children 8 and Older Should Be Screened for Anxiety

THE HAPPIEST COUNTRY ON EARTH – April 12, 2022 - The U.S. task force recommended screening for anxiety regardless of whether a clinician has been looped into any signs or symptoms. “It’s critical to be able... Read More...

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How to Find the Right Mental Health App

COME ON GET APPY – April 13, 2022 - These apps claim to help with issues as varied as addiction, sleeplessness, anxiety and schizophrenia, often by using tools like games, therapy chatbots or mood-tracking dia... Read More...

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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: New Help for Mental Disorders?

ECT LITE? – April 13, 2022 - With nearly 8% of American adults (nearly 20 million people) living with depression, data suggests that medication and talk therapy are only effective in treating around two-thirds... Read More...

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Indian Tribes Launch Tool For Addiction Treatment / Education

LEARNING MATTERS – April 14, 2022 - Dr. Tina Woods leads the Council’s Community and Behavioral Health Services team. She says the goal is to remove barriers for people seeking information or care. “Half the... Read More...

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What Happens When You Lose Both Parents To Addiction

PAIN & GRIEF – April 16, 2022 - Her dad’s addiction “spiraled” after her mom’s death. She lived with her dad and grandmother until she was five years old, and then her dad moved to Arizona; she continued to... Read More...

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Mental Health Problems Cause Reduced Cognitive Function

ITS A LOT TO THINK ABOUT – Why it matters - In recent decades, mental disorders have become increasingly prevalent in the United States and around the world, particularly in young adults and ado... Read More...

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Is the Military Creating ‘A Perfect Storm’ For Eating Disorders?

TOO MUCH WEIGHT TO CARRY – April 15, 2022 - To Rand, that meant meeting the strict military standards for weight and body fat percentages. At the same time, she was coping with a sexual assault that happened wh... Read More...

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6 Male Celebrities Who’ve Opened Up About Depression

VIDEO – THERAPY FOR ONE AND ALL – April 12, 2022 - Even celebrities aren’t immune to mental health struggles. From The Rock to Jon Hamm to Prince Harry, here are seven famous men who have kept it real about dep... Read More...

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Instagram and Snapchat Addiction Allegedly Led to 17-Year-Old Boy’s Suicide

MEDIA OVERDOSE DEATH – April 12, 2022 - The suit, shared with Gizmodo and filed on behalf of Wisconsin teen Christopher J. Dawley by the Social Media Victim Law Center, seeks to hold the two companies accounta... Read More...

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“Real Housewife” Pulls Back Curtain on Her Eating Disorder

VIDEO – YOU CAN BE TOO THIN – April 12, 2022 - In the carefully curated Bravo universe, thinness is considered a laudable moral success, and the Real Housewives franchise is ground zero for linking it to aspira... Read More...

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Phone Addiction Calling?

ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? – April 5, 2022 - The use of cell phones has become an integral part of society. While cell phones have many benefits, many people have developed what some researchers consider an addicti... Read More...

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Pandemic ‘saved my life’ With Sobriety

AUDIO – SILENCE IS GOLDEN – April 4, 2022 - Using alcohol as that escape became the reality for many Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoho... Read More...

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Expert Explains Root Cause of Addiction

LISTEN TO THE SHRINK – April 6, 2022 - Drug addiction is something that has been battled in various ways. But till date, there is no full-proof method of curing it. There are rehabilitation centers to help addi... Read More...

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The Mystifying Rise of Child Suicide

AUDIO – SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN – April 4, 2022 - Trevor’s parents, Angela and Billy had been trying to understand why there are so few therapeutic interventions for children with depression. Trevor, the ch... Read More...

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How Everyone Got So Lonely

THE PALE BLUE DOT – April 11, 2022 - She cites many factors that have contributed to this dystopian moment—among them, smartphones, the gig economy, the contactless economy, the growth of cities, the rise in si... Read More...

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The Last Slap Story by Bruce Buschel

THE SLAP HEARD ROUND THE WORLD – April 7, 2022 - Poor confused Will Smith. There he was, sitting ringside on what should have been a glorious Oscar night, surrounded by friends and colleagues, and he couldn’t r... Read More...

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Does Beautiful Always Mean Good?

PROBABLY NOT – April 8, 2022 - To add to the problematic nature of most people’s response to beauty, we found a complementary “anomalous-is-bad” stereotype. People with facial anomalies (e.g., scars, birthmarks... Read More...

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Genetic Link Between Routine Blood Test Results and Mental Health Disorders Found

BRAVE NEW WORLD – April 6 - These same variants can then also be linked to the measured levels of a biomarker in blood. For example, a variant in a particular gene may increase the risk of developing ... Read More...

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Positive Drug Tests in U.S. Workers Hit Two-Decade High

FINALLY A TEST WE CAN PASS – Mar. 30, 2022 - The percentage of working Americans testing positive for drugs hit a two-decade high last year, driven by an increase in positive marijuana tests, as businesses migh... Read More...

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How L.A. Got Hooked on Adderall

NO SLOWING DOWN ON SUNSET BLVD. – March 29, 2022 - None of that is new. Parents have always been crazy. And kids have been using speed to get better grades for decades. There are New York Times and Time magazin... Read More...

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LSD May Be Effective As Anxiety Treatment

MAKES ME NERVOUS – March 30, 2022 - A new study found that psychedelic drugs such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) may be effective at reducing symptoms of stress-related anxiety and in mental health treatme... Read More...

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