Mental Health

Miss USA Noelia Voigt Resigns to Focus on Her Mental Health

VIDEO – BEAUTY AND COURAGE – May 8, 2024 - Noelia Voigt shockingly resigned as Miss USA. “Never compromise your physical and mental well-being,” wrote Voigt. “Our health is our wealth.” The 24-year-old is stepping ... Read More...

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Psychopathic Women Move Their Heads Very Little When Talking

SOUND FAMILIAR? – May 8, 2024 - A strong sense of egocentricity and a grandiose sense of self-worth are also common, making them overconfident and disdainful of others. Individuals with pronounced psychopathic... Read More...

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Mindfulness Training Reduces Relapses

TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS – May 6, 2024 - Supplementing standard opioid addiction treatment with Mindfulness Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) - an intervention that incorporates mindfulness training, savori... Read More...

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5 Best Supplements for Healthy Aging

VIDEO – AND FRESH AIR – April 28, 2024 - “It would be wonderful if we all ate all our fruits and vegetables and our whole grains and our lean proteins and got everything that we needed from the food supply, but unf... Read More...

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Overcoming Impostor Syndrome as an Overnight Success

I’M FAMOUS – April 29, 2024 - “Impostor syndrome is rooted in a fear of being discovered as inadequate,” explains Dr. Louise Stanger, a renowned interventionist and expert on behavioral health. “Those who expe... Read More...

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Emerging Themes in Behavioral Health Addresses Hope and Moral Injury

A GATHERING OF ANGELS – April 23, 2024 - For the third year, the prestigious UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center hosted the annual Emerging Themes in Behavioral Health Conference. Overflowing with cl... Read More...

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Warning of ‘Cascading’ Alzheimer’s Risk From Alcohol and Stress

NO ONE IS IMMUNE – April 26, 2024 - We know that our risk of developing Alzheimer’s is dependent on a range of genetic and environmental factors. And among these environmental factors are alcohol consumption a... Read More...

Alcohol AddictionApril 30 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMental Health

1400 Clinicians on What’s Driving Youth Mental Health Crisis

iPHONES OR TIKTOK – April 10, 2024 - Many clinicians who work with young patients with mental health issues agree they lack enough resources to treat kids and that patients are worse off now than before the pa... Read More...

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Cure for Addiction and Traumatic Brain Injury

IT COULD WORK – April 9, 2024 - New treatments for addiction are urgently needed. 107,941 people died from drug overdoses in 2022, an age-adjusted rate of 32.6 deaths per 100,000 people. The rate has nearly qu... Read More...

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GOP Leader Apologizes for Trashing & Vomiting in Hotel

TOO MUCH SUN? – April 10, 2024 - George Riley, a leader of the Republican Party of Florida has apologized for being excessively drunk and urinating and vomiting all over his room at a hotel last week, saying h... Read More...

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Teens Mental Health – Anxiety and Smartphones

CHILDHOOD CANCELED – April 3, 2024 - Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s “The Anxious Generation,” published last week, argues that the smartphone-driven “great rewiring of childhood” is causing an “epidemic ... Read More...

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Psychodrama Therapy Gave Me 10 Years of Therapy in One Day

TRY IT, YOU’LL LIKE IT – April 3, 2024 - I sat in front of my “real father” as he stared right through me like he always does. “I don’t see you,” he said in a stern voice. “You never have,” I whispered quietly back. ... Read More...

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Discovering Truth about Our Brains and Addiction

IT’S ABOUT TIME – April 10, 2024 - Ronstroem hopes to help answer one critical question: how does drug abuse influence reward pathways in the brain? Specifically, his research focuses on uncovering how some dr... Read More...

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Time to Fight Digital Addiction in Kids

OR IS IT TOO LATE? – March 30, 2024 - American kids are experiencing an unprecedented mental health crisis that is driven, in large part, by how much of their day is spent online. The numbers are horrifying: r... Read More...

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Smartphones Are Hurting Our Kids

SOUL DAMAGE – March 31, 2024 - “We’ve never seen anything like this. There’s massive evidence of harm,” Jonathan Haidt says. “It happened in many countries at the same time, at a specific point in time: the mo... Read More...

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Screen Time Addiction Needs to be Dealt with NOW

DISTRACTIONS FROM ONESELF – April 1, 2024 - Getting addicted is the most logical thing for the brain to do. Sure, accomplishing a goal such as finishing an economics chapter, or going to the gym, would release... Read More...

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A Psychologist Explains The Struggles Of ‘Floating Duck Syndrome’

NOT PECKING – March 28, 2024 - Just as the duck’s graceful movements belie the intense effort required to propel itself forward, so do those affected by floating duck syndrome endeavor to present an image of success ... Read More...

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Rapper Takura Reveals His 7-Year Battle Against Drugs

WE’RE ALL ONE – April 2, 2024 - The rapper sat for an interview and revealed that he abused drugs for seven years. He said he started taking drugs in 2017. Takura said he ended up going to drug rehab this year. Check... Read More...

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Seriously Mentally Ill People Should Consider a High-Fat Keto Diet

GRILLED CHEESE THERAPY? – April 2, 2024 - After four months on a ketogenic diet, 79 percent of participants showed a “clinically meaningful improvement” in psychiatric symptoms. Researchers theorize that the d... Read More...

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How “Toddler Milk” Is Marketed to Parents

SELL SELL SELL LIE – April 2, 2024 - The U.S. government has repeatedly fought against advertising restrictions on these products around the globe. These drinks, targeted to young kids, may promise un... Read More...

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Anne Lamott’s Meditations on Life – Love and the Cycle of Aging REGISTER NOW

SOBRIETY BECOMES HER – Happening Tomorrow April 10, 2024 - In a series of deeply personal Washington Post columns, Anne Lamott has explored aging from the miracles that age makes easier to see to the “superpo... Read More...

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Friends: The Fisherman and the Stork

TRUE LOVE – March 30, 2024 - Thirteen years ago, a poor fisherman in a small village was retrieving his net from a lake when he heard a noise behind him and turned to find a majestic being standing on the bow ... Read More...

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Podcast Examines Perils of Intense Meditation

AUDIO – EXTREME IS EXTREME! – March 31, 2024 - The four-episode series focuses on retreats held by the Goenka network, teaching a popular meditation technique called Vipassana. Participants follow a strict schedule, ... Read More...

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Intoxicants Can Be a Life Saver For People with Mental Illness

WHO’S TO JUDGE? – March 26, 2024 - A decade ago, while working in a women’s prison, I met a young woman whose story would leave an indelible mark on me. She had endured severe abuse at the hands of men, and I ... Read More...

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Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up

WHY BOTHER? – Feb. 27, 2024 - Shrier’s new book Bad Therapy, an astute and impassioned analysis of the mental-health crisis now afflicting adolescents, may cause a similar emotional meltdown in some corners of Americ... Read More...

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Psychiatrists Detail Harrowing Case of Internet-Induced Erotomania

YOU MEAN GLORIA FROM MODERN FAMILY ISN’T AVAILABLE? – March 28, 2024 - Erotomania manifests as a persistent, delusional belief that an individual, typically of higher social status, is in love with the person experie... Read More...

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‘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...

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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...

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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...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMar 26 2024Mental 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...

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