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New Insights into diabetes medications (GLP-1RAs) to treat mental ill health

Department of Psychiatry News

Drugs approved for diabetes and obesity might be useful for the treatment of cognitive and mental health disorders, according to a new paper published in Nature Mental Health.

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I Swapped My Morning Coffee for Black Tea—Here’s How My Energy Shifted

Very Well Mind

Research shows that tea has myriad health benefits including mood boosts and higher energy levels. Experts explain how swapping your daily coffee for black tea impacts your mental health.

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British and Japanese young people make mental health recommendations for public health emergencies

Department of Psychiatry News

Twenty eight young people from the UK and Japan played a leading role in co-designing the research, interviewing other young people and adults, analysing the findings, and developing the recommendations for policy makers.

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Job contract: Ad Astra Fellow – Assistant Professor in One Health

History Psychiatry

Dear h-madness readers, here is a job opportunity in the history of medicine at the University College Dublin, School of… Read more Job contract: Ad Astra Fellow – Assistant Professor in One Health

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The Art of Texting After a First Date: What to Say and When to Say It

Very Well Mind

Texting after the first date can be tricky. In this article, we ask relationship experts to weigh in on what you should text after a first dateand when.

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Anti-racism at Centre for Mental Health: our work in progress

Centre for Mental Health

In 2020, like a lot of UK charities, Centre for Mental Health made a public commitment to anti-racist practice in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd in the United States. While the Centre has been dedicated to tackling mental health inequality for a long time, this was the first time we had made an organisation-wide commitment explicitly to anti-racism.

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Random Acts of Kindness Week is 2/14 - 2/20

Dr. Deb

While Random Acts of Kindness Week highlights the importance of kindness at this time of year, we can all benefit from the simple acts of kindness every day. Making small, thoughtful gestures to others, as well as practicing self-kindness, transcends us from the challenging times and fractured discord of the world. Read more here at Psychology Today.

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Adolescents are more sensitive to social media feedback

The Mental Elf

Nora Skjerdingstad presents a recent study that the explores the constant feedback we encounter on social media platforms, and the impact that 'likes' can have on adults and young people. The post Adolescents are more sensitive to social media feedback appeared first on National Elf Service.

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Brendan Kelly & Gautam Gulati on prison and mental illness, the myths and solutions

College of Psychiatrists of Ireland

‘Like everyone who comes into contact with the criminal justice system, people with mental illness have rights and responsibilities. In reality, however, people with mental illness are more likely to be imprisoned’ ‘We are all potential victims of crime and we can all develop mental illness. We must do better’ Prof Gautam Gulati and Prof Brendan Kelly co-wrote an article in the Irish Examiner on 12 February entitled ‘Prison and Mental Illness: 5 Myths and 5 Solution

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Mental health care for rural Black people in N.S. lacking, year after Desmond report

Global News - Mental Health News

A lack of mental health care tailored to rural BlackNovaScotians is one of several problems yet to be properly addressed by the province.

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RFK Jr. May Be Wrong on Many Medical Issues, But He’s Right About Antidepressants

Mad in America

E ver since Robert F Kennedy Jr. was nominated to be President Donald Trumps Secretary of HHS (Department of Health & Human Services), Mr. Kennedys past views on a number of health-related issues have been met with justifiable skepticism. On several of these issues, Mr. Kennedy may be wrong. But on one important health-related subject, RFK Jr. has been consistently right: the potential link between SSRI antidepressants and mass school shootings.