Mental Health

How To Overcome Performance Anxiety As A Young Professional

AUDIO – MINDFULLY – Aug. 17, 2023 - Research shows that activities that induce a state of flow—intense focus and absorption in a challenging task—cause the brain’s self-monitoring centers to deactivate. This ‘flow ... Read More...

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San Fransisco’s “Doom Loop Walking Tour” Takes Tourists Up-close and Personal to See Squalor, Urban Decay and Homelessness

VIDEO – DON’T BLAME THE HIPPIES – Aug. 14, 2023 - A tongue-in-cheek ad for the tour claims: “You’ve read the headlines. You’ve seen the Tweets, now get close and personal to the Doom and Squalor of downtown San Fra... Read More...

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How to Break 11 Common Bad Habits

ONE HABIT AT A TIME – March 31, 2023 - Slouching: Why you might do it: You may have slouched when growing up because you were self-conscious or taller than others or developed breasts before your peers, and the postu... Read More...

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U.S.A. Suicides Hit All-Time High In 2022

LISTEN BETTER – Aug. 11, 2023 - A recent Johns Hopkins University analysis used preliminary 2022 data to calculate that the nation’s overall gun suicide rate rose last year to an all-time high. For the first time, th... Read More...

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Prolific Autism Researcher Has Dozens of Papers Retracted

AUDIO – UNBELIEVABLE LYING DOG – Feb. 2023 - Elsevier included the same explanation in 23 of the 24 retractions, saying the papers were being retracted because they “did not include a declaration of a conflict... Read More...

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Hormones Affect Addiction and Depression?

YOU ARE WHAT YOU THINK – Aug. 4, 2023 - A growing body of scientific evidence draws attention to the connections between our brain, hormones, and emotional well-being. To deepen an understanding of the relationship b... Read More...

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Behind Hollywood’s Rise in Suicides

ALL SAD ENDINGS – Aug. 3, 2023 - A number of mental health experts told TheWrap that although suicides among the general population rose during the pandemic, people who work in entertainment can be particularl... Read More...

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Nearly 1 in 10 Kids Have a Developmental Disability

SAVE THE CHILDREN – July 13, 2023 - Thursday’s report is the first since then released by the center focusing on this topic. From 2019 to 2021, rates of intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorder d... Read More...

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He Shouldn’t Have Died In Jail

NEW JERSEY TRAGEDY – July 27, 2023 - Somewhere along the line at Boston College, Odom’s not sure exactly when, her son started to spiral, first with signs of mental illness — schizoaffective disorder, she says... Read More...

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Stop WASTING Your Life by Dr. Gabor Maté

VIDEO – START REJOICING EVERYDAY – May 2023 - Dr. Gabor Maté is a renowned speaker and bestselling author and is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics, including addiction, stress, and chi... Read More...

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988 Line Gets 5 Million Calls and Texts in 1st Year

AUDIO – TALK ABOUT IT! – July 15, 2023 - Last July, the cumbersome 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline became 988. The easy-to-remember lifeline was created to help people dealing with issues like depress... Read More...

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Antipsychotics Work Differently Than Scientists Thought

WHO KNEW? – July 18, 2023 - A new finding from Northwestern Medicine scientists provides a new avenue to develop more effective drugs to treat the debilitating symptoms of schizophrenia. Traditionally, researc... Read More...

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Demi Lovato says Vision and Hearing Damage from Overdose a Reminder ‘to stay on the right path’

DAMAGE CONTROL – July 14, 2023 - Lovato previously revealed in their 2021 docuseries “Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil” that they experienced several strokes, a heart attack, pneumonia and multiple organ fa... Read More...

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Sheriff’s Homeless Outreach Finds Mental Illness & Addiction

AUDIO – IT’S COMPLICATED – July 12, 2023 - Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper on Wednesday announced the results of a recent homeless outreach effort and called for robust funding to address serious problems that p... Read More...

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The Psychological Benefits of Photography

EUPHORIC MEMORY FILE CABINET – July 12, 2023 - The world is fast-paced and extremely geared towards telling us how to live, think, act, and what to value. Photography allows us to be totally free. We can share our vi... Read More...

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Antidepressants, Antipsychotics & Benzos All Increase Suicide Attempts

SAD BUT TRUE – July 10, 2023 - The diagnosis of borderline personality disorder is a contested construct that many researchers and clinicians believe should be eliminated from the DSM and ICD. The vast majority of pe... Read More...

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ER Visits for Teen Girls Booming

NOT AN EASY TIME – July 12, 2023 - A second study in JAMA Network Open also showed that mental health visits to EDs across the United States decreased less than non-mental health visits during the pandemic, showing m... Read More...

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Soccer Star Reveals Rehab Stay Due To Childhood Sexual Abuse

HEALTHY COPING IS THE GOAL – July 13, 2023 - Alli returned to Everton this summer after spending last season on loan at Turkish side Besiktas, where he made 15 appearances in all competitions. However, w... Read More...

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Alcohol Consumption Surged During Covid — and Deaths Followed

ALCOHOL IS A DRUG – July 13, 2023 - Mississippi saw a 159 percent increase in alcohol-related deaths, the nation’s biggest leap, along with a 10 percent rise in apparent consumption. In Delaware, consumption increase... Read More...

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“He Was Drinking Four Liters of Coffee a Day” Coach Comes Clean on Jo Lindner’s Death at 30

UNHEALTHY ADDICTIONS CAN KILL – July 2, 2023 - Jo Lindner, famously known as Joesthetics, died at the young age of 30 due to an aneurysm. An aneurysm is a condition where an artery balloons up and damages the ... Read More...

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Cannabis, Depression, and Bipolar Disorder

HIGH > LOW – June 30, 2023 - Few studies have as massive a sample of individuals being studied as Jefson’s n of over 6 million. But what does this study really tell us? From the outset, Jefson only looked at diagn... Read More...

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Is It Time for Prince Harry to Get Over His Addiction to Trauma?

THE MYTH OF NORMAL – June 26, 2023 - Last week, Bloomberg reported that, before Harry and Meghan’s $20 million Spotify deal went belly up, Harry even pitched an idea around his favorite topic: childhood trauma... Read More...

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States With Highest Rates of Depressed Adults

WITHOUT HEALTH CARE – June 27, 2023 -Examining the pervasiveness of depression on state and county levels can aid local governments in efforts to “prevent, treat, and manage depression,” the CDC said. These da... Read More...

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Emergency Rehab for Pete Davidson

TOO MUCH...? – June 28, 2023 - Pete Davidson, 29, is said to be receiving in-patient therapy to address issues related to post-traumatic stress disorder and his prior borderline personality disorder diagnosis ... Read More...

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Ex-Model Loni Willison: From Doing Drugs to Dumpster-Diving

VIDEO – DON’T SMOKE CRACK – June 28, 2023 - Former fitness model Loni Willison continues to live a less-than-glamorous life on the streets of West Hollywood. The unhoused 40-year-old was spotted digging thro... Read More...

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From Growing Up With Addicts To Yale Graduate

IT’S NOT GENETIC – June 28, 2023 - She explained that she and her older brother had lived with their parents when she was a baby, but eventually, her parents got divorced. Following the divorce, both she and h... Read More...

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Health & Human Services Awards $31.5M in Grants for Children & Young Adults

COMPASSION OR CASH GRAB? – June 28, 2023 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), announced the award of $31.5 million ... Read More...

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Borderline Personality Disorder No Longer Belongs in Clinical Practice

I HATE YOU I LOVE YOU I HATE YOU I LOVE YOU – June 9, 2023 - According to the authors, “Borderline Personality Disorder” emerged as a category during the heyday of psychoanalysis where it was used to denote si... Read More...

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Spike in Teen Depression Aligns with Rise of Social Media

IT’S REALLY APPENING – June 21, 2023 - “These apps are designed to support dependency, and a young person’s natural tendency to ‘compare and despair,’” he said. “Prolonged social media use is opening the door for psy... Read More...

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Are We Confusing Happiness With Something Else?

KEEP IT SIMPLE – June 2023 - Martela, a philosopher and researcher at Aalto University in Espoo, 12 miles from Finland’s capital, Helsinki, treasures the freedom his three children have there. “Young childr... Read More...

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