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Medicine
fromPsychology Today
15 hours ago

Building Wisdom With BDNF-and Ketamine

BDNF is crucial for brain health, and can be boosted through healthy habits and ketamine, aiding neuroplasticity and cognitive function.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 hours ago

This Theory Explains Why Neurodivergents Are Burning Out

Neurodivergent individuals experience higher burnout rates, necessitating accommodations to balance job demands and resources.
fromAlternative Medicine Magazine
18 hours ago

What You Do After Training Matters More Than You Think

After a tough workout, your body enters a state of stress: muscle fibers are damaged, energy stores are depleted, and hydration levels drop. This is a critical moment. If your body gets the right nutrients, it starts rebuilding immediately. If not, recovery slows down, and so does progress.
Alternative medicine
#trauma
#mental-health
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 day ago
Canada news

2 GTA mental health treatment centres for first responders a step closer to reality with new funding | CBC News

Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

You Budget Your Money. Why Not Your Mental Health?

Mental health and financial health share foundational habits that lead to freedom and self-determination, emphasizing the importance of a diversified mental health plan.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 day ago

2 GTA mental health treatment centres for first responders a step closer to reality with new funding | CBC News

Federal government allocates $15 million for new treatment facilities for first responders with post-traumatic stress injuries in Greater Toronto Area.
NYC politics
fromThe Nation
1 week ago

Assisted Outpatient Treatment Doesn't Work. Mamdani Could Stop It.

Coercive mental health care lacks evidence to support its necessity and effectiveness.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
4 days ago

The Link Between Medicine and Psychology

Mental health significantly impacts heart and brain health, necessitating integration of mental health care into traditional medical practices.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

You Budget Your Money. Why Not Your Mental Health?

Mental health and financial health share foundational habits that lead to freedom and self-determination, emphasizing the importance of a diversified mental health plan.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
23 hours ago

A Symbolic Action Technique for Managing Anger

Unmanaged anger can lead to destructive outcomes, but a new study suggests that symbolic actions may effectively manage it.
fromwww.bbc.com
1 day ago

Review finds 250 patients need repeat bone scans

"I would like to sincerely apologise to any patients who have been affected and recalled for a scan as I understand receiving such news can be unsettling."
Health
Social justice
fromSan Jose Spotlight
1 day ago

Op-ed: Faith-based resource centers are trailblazers in reentry work - San Jose Spotlight

April is Second Chance Month, focusing on reducing barriers for individuals reentering society after incarceration.
Healthcare
fromABC7 San Francisco
1 day ago

East San Jose's Regional Medical Center marks 1 year since restoring trauma care

East San Jose's Regional Medical Center has successfully restored trauma services, significantly impacting community health and saving lives.
#addiction-treatment
SOMA, SF
fromThe Nation
2 days ago

The Hidden Crisis of Addiction Treatment

The story of Donovan Doyle highlights systemic failures in addiction treatment leading to preventable deaths.
SOMA, SF
fromThe Nation
2 days ago

The Hidden Crisis of Addiction Treatment

The story of Donovan Doyle highlights systemic failures in addiction treatment leading to preventable deaths.
Mindfulness
fromMindful
1 day ago

A Meditation to Allow Genuine Happiness, Even In Hard Times

Accessing genuine happiness during difficult times is essential for recovery and well-being.
Wellness
fromPsychology Today
3 days ago

When "I'm Trying to Be Good" Isn't So Innocent

Diet talk reinforces harmful beliefs about body image, health, and worth, impacting body dissatisfaction and promoting negative comparisons.
#behavioral-health
fromCity Limits
3 days ago
NYC politics

Opinion: New York's Mental Health Crisis Demands We Invest in Programs That Work

Scaling and coordinating effective behavioral health programs is essential for creating a continuum of care in New York City.
Healthcare
fromFast Company
1 week ago

Better technology is an imperative for behavioral health

The behavioral health crisis is deepening, yet progress is evident in treatment rates and workforce growth despite ongoing challenges.
NYC politics
fromCity Limits
3 days ago

Opinion: New York's Mental Health Crisis Demands We Invest in Programs That Work

Scaling and coordinating effective behavioral health programs is essential for creating a continuum of care in New York City.
Healthcare
fromFast Company
1 week ago

Better technology is an imperative for behavioral health

The behavioral health crisis is deepening, yet progress is evident in treatment rates and workforce growth despite ongoing challenges.
fromPsychology Today
4 days ago

7 Lessons for When Your Attempts to Control Outcomes Fail

Many situations contain irreducible uncertainty. No matter how many variables we try to control, we can't reduce uncertainty to zero. It's inherent in the messiness of life.
Productivity
#health
Cancer
fromSlate Magazine
5 days ago

I Was Once Given Just Three Years to Live. A Specific Kind of Hope Could Help Cancer Patients Like Me.

A hip injury worsened over a year, leading to an MRI that revealed serious health issues requiring medical attention.
Cancer
fromSlate Magazine
5 days ago

I Was Once Given Just Three Years to Live. A Specific Kind of Hope Could Help Cancer Patients Like Me.

A hip injury worsened over a year, leading to an MRI that revealed serious health issues requiring medical attention.
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

The highs are extremely high but the lows are extremely low': when working out becomes an addiction

Tyburski was a professional adventurer, financing his pursuits via magazine articles and speaking gigs, and even making a documentary about his quest. His whole raison d'etre was to push past his limitations, showing what a person is capable of when their mindset is strong enough.
Running
Fundraising
fromwww.bbc.com
5 days ago

Pupil art sessions 'bring joy' to hospice

Kent students collaborate with a hospice to provide art sessions for individuals with life-limiting conditions, fostering creativity and connection.
fromPsychology Today
6 days ago

How a Huggy Dog Is Helping Children With Wartime Trauma

Hibuki, the stuffed animal dog, allows children to project their feelings, helping them to express emotions like sadness and anxiety. The child becomes the caretaker of the dog, which facilitates self-soothing.
Pets
Medicine
fromTruthout
1 day ago

Our Prison-Like Clinic System Is Thwarting Effective Opioid Addiction Treatment

Methadone is essential for opioid addiction treatment, yet its distribution is heavily regulated by law enforcement, complicating access for those in need.
#chronic-pain
Health
fromFast Company
5 days ago

Why employees with chronic pain feel shame-and how they can break free

Chronic pain affects 23% of U.S. adults, impacting productivity and costing the economy $722 billion annually.
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

Take a Secret 2-Minute Mental Vacation from Stress

Change and transition lead to anxiety, but guided imagery can effectively reduce stress and promote relaxation.
Wellness
fromPsychology Today
3 days ago

Why Exercising Alone Might Be Holding You Back

Exercising with others enhances physical health and deepens social connections, contributing to overall well-being.
#healthcare
Healthcare
fromForbes
4 days ago

How Independent Medical Practices Can Scale Through Systems Thinking

Independent medical practices struggle to grow due to structural challenges, not clinical outcomes, in a healthcare economy favoring larger organizations.
Healthcare
fromForbes
4 days ago

How Independent Medical Practices Can Scale Through Systems Thinking

Independent medical practices struggle to grow due to structural challenges, not clinical outcomes, in a healthcare economy favoring larger organizations.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
4 days ago

Still Waiting to Hear "You Were Right"?

The desire for validation stems from past neglect and devaluation, creating a painful emotional wound that seeks recognition and worth.
#therapy
Philosophy
fromPsychology Today
5 days ago

Therapists as Moral Educators

Therapy shapes our attention and relationships, emphasizing ethical living through habits of care and responsibility rather than mere rule-following.
Medicine
fromWIRED
1 day ago

A New Implant Aims to Rewire Stroke Patients' Brains

Epia Neuro aims to help stroke patients regain hand function using a brain implant and motorized glove.
#hope
Mindfulness
fromMindful
1 week ago

Just One Thing: Be Kind to Yourself by Being Kind to Others

Recognizing the importance of kindness to others leads to personal peace and fulfillment.
Brooklyn
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

I help people with psychosis off the streets. Sometimes, their minds won't let them leave

Mental health chaplains work with homeless individuals experiencing serious mental illness, navigating the complex intersection of psychiatric symptoms, delusions, and housing instability while maintaining compassion and patience.
Psychology
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

I'm seeing more people in therapy struggling with war-related anxiety. Here's what helps | Ahona Guha

Global events have led to widespread feelings of doom and a sense of globalized trauma affecting societal perceptions of safety and predictability.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

Remembering an Angel With a Traumatic Brain Injury

Laura, despite severe brain damage, radiated joy and built meaningful connections with caregivers, enriching their lives through her infectious spirit.
Medicine
fromThe Atlantic
3 days ago

What Makes a Doctor Excel at Diagnosis?

Gurpreet Dhaliwal exemplifies diagnostic excellence, emphasizing continuous improvement and the belief that mastery in diagnosis is an ongoing journey.
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

Partnership on the Spiritual Path

Devon Hase states, 'People are trying desperately to fix, optimize, or escape their way out of relationship difficulty - and suffering more for the effort. Social media has made this worse! We're surrounded by images of perfect partnerships while quietly drowning in our own ordinary struggles.' This highlights the pressure couples feel in the age of social media.
Mindfulness
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
5 days ago

What to Do When You Hit Life's Low Point

External crises trigger deep self-reflection, especially during midlife, leading to questions about fulfillment and the meaning of life.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

How Systemic Therapists Can Improve Sleep

Sleep issues are often relational problems, not just individual disorders, highlighting the need for systemic therapy in sleep medicine.
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
5 days ago

Why Sobriety Feels Flat (and How to Bring Back the Spark)

Drinking behavior is driven by habit loops, and removing alcohol without replacing rituals can hinder sobriety efforts.
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

People With Bipolar and BPD Struggle in Mental Healthcare

There is a unique kind of pain in losing your mind, not just once, but over and over. Losing your perception of reality, of your emotions, of your closest relationships-both across months and multiple times a day. Knowing deep down that something is wrong but being unable to stop it.
Mental health
Medicine
fromwww.bbc.com
4 days ago

Our skin is falling off and no-one can tell us why

Topical steroid withdrawal (TSW) is a serious condition affecting many eczema patients, leading to severe skin reactions and inadequate medical recognition.
Mindfulness
fromYoga Journal
5 days ago

3 Restorative Yoga Poses That Remind You What Rest Feels Like

Rest is essential for emotional balance, bodily repair, and longevity, yet many struggle with the concept of truly resting.
Miscellaneous
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

How to Recover from a Bad Case of the F**k-its

The 'f**k-its' stem from unhelpful thinking patterns that can be addressed through cognitive restructuring and practical coping strategies.
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
5 days ago

Grief, Loss, Abundance, Joy: Finding Refuge in Harsh Times

Acceptance of loss is essential for emotional balance and finding solace in nature can help mitigate distress.
Social justice
fromPsychology Today
4 weeks ago

What if Addiction Isn't the Problem?

Addiction's lack of clear definition undermines regulatory efforts against corporations; reframing addiction as a common human state rather than inherently harmful could better address actual harms and protect children from exploitative design.
Mental health
fromNature
2 days ago

Struggling to focus on research when the world is 'on fire'? Some ways to cope

Global news events are causing burnout and mental exhaustion among researchers, impacting their work and personal lives.
Alternative medicine
fromFortune
3 weeks ago

12 Alternative Therapies for Chronic Pain | Fortune

Non-drug approaches like acupuncture, massage, meditation, and tai chi are recommended as first-line treatments for chronic pain in older adults, with many patients reducing or eliminating pain medication use.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

Mother, Clinician, Witness: Healing Communities

Violence against children impacts the entire community, necessitating protective programs and trauma-informed care for meaningful change.
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

My Schizophrenia Recovery Today

Schizophrenia recovery is possible through persistent treatment; the author achieved full symptom remission after initial total disability diagnosis using clozapine therapy.
Mental health
fromwww.bbc.com
4 days ago

'I nearly broke trying to help my partner with addiction issues'

Addiction impacts both the individual and their loved ones, requiring personal growth and boundaries for recovery.
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

Rest and Chronic Illness

Rest is essential for managing chronic illness fatigue, with quality and detachment from stressors being key factors in optimizing its benefits.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
3 days ago

Caring for the Part of You That Wants to Die

Suicide ideation affects 15.6% of U.S. adults, with significant risk factors including mental disorders, trauma, and social circumstances.
#depression
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
3 days ago

Outsmarting Depression: A 6-Step Roadmap to Personal Renewal

Depressive symptoms, often dismissed as everyday blues, can escalate quickly and disrupt life, highlighting the importance of recognizing and addressing mental health issues.
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago
Mental health

Exercise Works as Well as Medication and Therapy for Depression

Regular light-to-moderate exercise reduces depression symptoms as effectively as antidepressants or talk therapy.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
3 days ago

Outsmarting Depression: A 6-Step Roadmap to Personal Renewal

Depressive symptoms, often dismissed as everyday blues, can escalate quickly and disrupt life, highlighting the importance of recognizing and addressing mental health issues.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
3 days ago

Stop Telling Anxious People to Be Resilient

Resilience frameworks wrongly attribute anxiety to individual weakness rather than systemic issues, leading to harmful consequences for those affected.
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Everyone Deserves Trauma-Informed Healthcare

Trauma-informed care must extend beyond mental health to all medical settings, using principles of partnering, consent, and pacing to honor patient humanity and prevent retraumatization.
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Fibromyalgia, Pain, and Substance Use Disorders

Fibromyalgia's abnormal pain processing and shared brain pathways with addiction create vulnerability to substance use disorders, with approximately 40% of chronic pain patients meeting SUD criteria.
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

For those with addiction, going into and coming out of prison can be a minefield.

The Alaska Department of Corrections does not provide comprehensive access to this life saving medication. "I'm gonna give you a little pinch," Spencer said, sliding the needle into a fold of skin on the patient's belly for the subcutaneous injection. Alaska's not an outlier. Despite the fact that those recently released from incarceration are some of the most vulnerable to dying from drug overdose, addiction experts say that many jails and prisons around the country don't provide medication treatment.
Public health
Public health
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Safe spaces needed for drug-addicted children, say grieving mums

State provision for under-18 residential drug treatment is inadequate, leaving many adolescents without timely, effective care.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

How Beliefs About Depression Can Harm

Beliefs about depression's nature significantly impact treatment outcomes, with biological explanations potentially hindering recovery through reduced agency and pessimism.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

You Want a Clinician Who Treats You as Person

Evidence Based Medicine was formalized in the 1990s, largely by Canadian physician David Sackett. Sackett described the goal of EBM is to replace hunches and habits with data and clinical trials. Clinical guidelines were developed involving protocols that tell doctors which drug to prescribe first, what dose to use, when to escalate treatment, and when to refer a patient to a specialist.
Medicine
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

What Does It Mean to Own Your Addiction?

True addiction recovery requires understanding the story behind addictive behaviors rather than simply erasing or disowning them as unwanted parts of oneself.
Healthcare
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

The Power of Feeling Seen: Supporting Patients After Discharge

Post-hospital transitions often leave patients anxious and unsupported, increasing readmission risk; regular follow-ups via phone, telehealth, or AI improve adherence and confidence.
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Who Does It Help? It's a Good Question in Mental Health Care

Subgroup and biomarker-guided analyses reveal that antidepressants can produce faster, stronger responses in specific genetic or biological subgroups, reducing trial-and-error prescribing.
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

One doctor's experience shows the battle for the future of addiction medicine

Dr. Elyse Stevens had a reputation for taking on complex medical cases, including people who'd been battling addiction for decades. Some were chronic-pain patients on high doses of opioids; others were sex workers and people living on the street. "Many of my patients are messy, the ones that don't know if they want to stop using drugs or not," said Stevens, a primary care and addiction medicine doctor.
Medicine
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Adding Comfort and Dignity to the Breast Cancer Journey

A breast cancer survivor started a 'Robes for Comfort' initiative after asking to wear her own robe during treatment.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

A Unique Chance for Long-Term Care

A Utah facility will provide long-term, tiered mental health and substance use treatment for people experiencing homelessness, replacing short-term "treat and street" approaches.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

A Better Way to Respond to Mental Health Crises

Most mental health crises do not justify deadly force; specialized mental-health crisis teams reduce violence and produce safer, better outcomes.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

What Is Functional Psychiatry?

Functional psychiatry investigates and treats root causes of mental disorders through personalized, investigatory approaches instead of one-size-fits-all symptom management.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Benefits of Religiously Integrated Psychotherapy

An Islamically integrated psychotherapy model produced large distress reductions, showed nonlinear healing trajectories, and increased culturally and spiritually informed resources for Muslim clients.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Living Well With Psychosis: Is It Possible?

Recovery-oriented cognitive therapy combines CBT principles with recovery-focused goals to help people with psychosis regain hope, pursue meaningful life goals, and improve functioning.
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