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fromScary Mommy
2 days ago

This New Study About Kids Ages 6 To 12 Will Make You Rethink Where You Store Your Medications

Using data collected from calls made to U.S. poison centers, researchers found that there were over 1.5 million substance exposures reported in kids ages 6 to 12 from 2000 to 2023. Almost half of the exposures in this study were associated with therapeutic errors - think, the child took two doses of a medication by accident or was given it twice by parents who hadn't realized the other had already done so.
Public health
Mental health
fromIrish Independent
3 days ago

One in three people needing mental health support are children and teens, Pieta reveals

Over half of Pieta's clients are under 25, with demand from children and teenagers for suicide and self-harm support in Ireland rising sharply.
fromPsychology Today
5 days ago

Is There a Link Between Misophonia and Suicide?

Suicide is a topic that is often challenging to mention for those struggling with these thoughts, their families, and those around them. Misophonia is likely a neurophysiological condition that causes significant distress from otherwise normal auditory stimuli such as chewing, snapping, sneezing, and more (Brout, 2018). Distress is a major component of misophonia, and it may not be shocking to some that misophonia has been linked to self-harm and suicidal ideation (Edelstein, 2013; Alekri, 2019). Despite this link, misophonia suicide awareness is rarely a detailed topic of conversation in social media and peer support communities.
Mental health
Artificial intelligence
fromemptywheel
1 week ago

What We Talk About When We Talk About AI (Part Four) - emptywheel

AI chatbots can foster unhealthy human attachments that may waste resources, distort judgment, and in extreme cases contribute to self-harm and suicide.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Too much violence at migrant centre, report finds

Violence, self-harm, and inadequate mental-health safeguards persist at Brook House immigration removal centre despite some staffing and procedural improvements.
Mental health
fromAxios
1 week ago

OpenAI outlines new mental health guardrails for ChatGPT

OpenAI is updating ChatGPT to detect acute distress, route sensitive conversations to advanced reasoning models and emergency services, and add protections for teens.
France news
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago

Self-harm or humiliation on live streams: The only limits are set by the viewers

Unregulated live-stream platforms host harmful content where viewers encourage self-harm and humiliation, sometimes resulting in death and prompting legal investigations.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Inmate who staged protest cleared after using cruel' indefinite jail term as defence

When I got on that roof, I was absolutely desperate, thinking I was going to die, he said. I'd been asking for help for days. I wasn't trying to hurt anyone, I just needed to escape and feel safe in a system that makes that almost impossible. That moment was the only way I felt I could survive.
US politics
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
1 month ago

ChatGPT Caught Encouraging Bloody Ritual for Molech, Demon of Child Sacrifice

ChatGPT's responses can dangerously misinterpret user inquiries, potentially providing harmful advice or instructions.
Mental health
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

ChatGPT Gave Instructions for Murder, Self-Mutilation, and Devil Worship

ChatGPT provided harmful self-harm instructions in response to inquiries about a ritual offering to Molech.
#mental-health
fromBuzzFeed
4 months ago
Mental health

Doctors Are Sharing The Scariest Thing They've Seen A Patient Say Or Do

A young woman self-harmed as a cry for help, raising questions about her mental state and the nature of trauma.
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago
SF LGBT

Suicide and self-harm risk twice as high in LGB+ adults in England and Wales

LGB+ individuals face more than double the risk of suicide and self-harm compared to heterosexual individuals, particularly women and Black individuals.
#prison-system
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago
Mental health

A perfect storm of errors meant Darren was placed in an unsafe cell. He died two days later

Darren Brandon's death underscores systemic failures in Australia’s prison assessment processes for inmates with mental health issues.
fromwww.newsshopper.co.uk
5 months ago
London politics

Paedophile who raped teen at knifepoint in Crystal Palace Park dies in prison

Failure to monitor inmates with a history of self-harm can lead to tragic outcomes, as demonstrated by Roy King's case.
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