Mental 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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Calm Your Anxiety With Food

AND THE SERENITY PRAYER – Dec. 16, 2023 - Many people think, If it’s anxiety, I’ve got to take medication. And while I really believe in therapy, and certainly for a certain number of my patients, medications can be ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJan 2 2024Mental Health

Daydreaming Could Serve a Vital Purpose We Never Knew About

WIDE-AWAKE DREAMS – Dec. 19, 2023 - Over time, brain activity upon seeing an image started to resemble brain activity when daydreaming about that image. This is a sign that daydreaming was strengthening som... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 2 2024Mental Health

Going Home for the Holidays?

MINE FIELD? – Dec. 14, 2023 - Reuniting with family often reactivates deeply ingrained roles, dynamics, criticisms, and nagging conversations,” says intervention specialist Dr. Louise Stanger. “If going home stirs mo... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionJan 2 2024Mental HealthTrauma

The Neuroscience of Fear

MUST READ - Don’t Be Afraid... – Dec. 19, 2023 - Heart in your throat. Butterflies in your stomach. Bad gut feeling. These are all phrases many people use to describe fear and anxiety. You have likely felt anx... Read More...

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