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Federal Agency Dedicated to Mental Illness and Addiction Faces Huge Cuts

The New York Times -- Mental Health

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has already closed offices and could see staff numbers reduced by 50 percent.

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“A Return to Freud? New Histories of Psychoanalysis” (UC Berkeley, 20-21 March)

History Psychiatry

March 20-21, UC Berkeley, in-person & live streamed Co-organized by Hannah Zeavin & Ramsey McGlazer Full program below. Registration required,… Read more “A Return to Freud?

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New guidance lays out when B.C. doctors can and can’t use involuntary treatment

Global News - Mental Health News

The new guidance is meant to inform healthcare providers on the circumstances under which the Mental Health Act can be used to obtain involuntary treatment for a patient.

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“I’m Truly Scared for What This Could Mean”

ADDitude

March 12, 2025 Access to prescription ADHD medication continues to burden and preoccupy patients with ADHD. The prescription stimulant shortage that first disrupted treatment for millions of patients with ADHD two years ago lingers for many. And now, ADDitude readers and others in the mental-health community are worried about losing access to lifesaving medication as the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission investigates the state of childhood chronic disease.

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We Will Remember Dancing: A Message From a Child Shoah Survivor to the Young 10/7 Survivors

Psychiatric Times

Dance/movement therapy has proven to be effective in treating children with trauma, making dance something that can change the way a child develops psychologically.

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Nature’s healing benefits: breaking down barriers for South Asian communities in the UK

The Mental Elf

Jingni Ma considers a systematic review on the barriers that South Asian people living in the UK can face when trying to access natural green spaces, and the psychological benefits that nature can provide. The post Nature’s healing benefits: breaking down barriers for South Asian communities in the UK appeared first on National Elf Service.

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Missing White Woman Syndrome: Psychiatrists and Societal Bias

Psychiatric Times

Psychiatry has a lot to learn from the case of Gabby Petito.

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Marching Through Religious Holidays

Psychiatric Times

Spring is full of religious holidays, each with potential psychosocial meaning.

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Enhancing psychological training in military personnel: Modern approaches, systemic assessments and hands-on recommendations

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Publication date: Available online 11 March 2025 Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry Author(s): Arsen Lokyan, Svetlana Baghdasaryan, Hayk Hovhannisyan

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Digital Therapy Rejoyn Utilizes Neuroplasticity in Treating Depression

Psychiatric Times

Rejoyn, a new app being prescribed as a depression treatment, is an emotional face memory task designed to correct abnormal neural circuits.

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Exercising our right to vote: how do we overcome the barriers?

Centre for Mental Health

Living with a mental health difficulty makes the everyday activities of life harder. Perhaps, then, its no surprise that people with mental health problems are less likely to vote in democratic elections. Thats a huge swathe of the population who are not having their voices heard. Everyone over 18 with a mental health difficulty has the right to vote even when in hospital (unless detained there under a criminal conviction).

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Managing Catatonia: A Case Report From Rural South Africa

Psychiatric Times

Increased awareness of catatonia and its treatment among health care providers, especially in underresourced areas, is essential for improving patient outcomes.

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More Than You Wanted to Know about Bird Flu and Chickens.

Real Psychiatry

Are chicken flocks only culled in the US? I ran into typical MAGA disinformation on the Internet the other day. Since all the social media sites have been captured by MAGA I decided to do the obvious debunking of a post that stated only flocks of chickens with avian influenza in the US are culled and not chickens in Canada or Mexico. After reading pandemic misinformation for the past 5 years it seemed like this was obvious and I was not wrong.

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Session 402: Flipping the Tables & Owning Our Futures with Alencia Johnson

Therapy for Black Girls

It goes without saying that the 92% understood the assignment during the 2024 election, but what are we to make of it when we still end up exactly where we are today? Struggling to make sense of our place in the world with leaders and legislation increasingly being utilized against us. You cant deny the tables have turned but how can you resist? Joining me fresh off the release of her new book, Flip The Tables: The Everyday Disruptor’s Guide to Finding Courage and Making Change , is Alenci

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If you want more happiness in your life, ask yourself this simple question

NPR - Mental Health

Happier podcast, says happiness is less about attaining joy than it is about growing in the right direction. She explains how to make small changes that can move you toward happiness and why knowing yourself helps contribute to this emotion.'/> Gretchen Rubin, host of the Happier podcast, explains the secret to happiness and why knowing your personality type can help you make better decisions about what can bring you more joy.

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Trump's policies are destabilizing mental health care for veterans, sources say

NPR - Mental Health

The Department of Veterans Affairs is one of the largest providers of mental health care in the U.S. Its integrated care model means patients are already feeling the cuts and changes that are underway.

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