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When Does Love Become Dysfunctional?

Experts are debating love addiction signs and causes that lead to obsessive love seeking and destructive relationship patterns.

How Trump’s Domestic Spying Threatens Our Collective Mental Health
AI Fuels Psychosis. Here’s How Therapists Can Help Clients Protect Themselves 

Learn how to embed instructions into AI's operational logic to help detect and act on signs of delusion.

Pilots with Mental Health Issues Often Suffer in Silence

Stringent FAA certification requirements are leading commercial pilots to hide mental health issues like depression..

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Smartphone Ownership Before Age 13 Again Linked With Poorer Mental Health

The earlier a child received a phone, the more at risk they became for poor sleep, depression and obesity

Ketamine Therapy for Vets In Texas May Soon Shrink

A state rule change would restrict access to potentially life-changing mental health treatment.

Washington State’s Bold Plan to Boost Child Wellbeing
Talking about Death with a Young Child
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National Guards’ Mental Health Suffers from Deployment to US Cities
Mass Deportation Campaign Endangers Victims of Domestic Abuse

Deporting women who’ve applied for sanctuary from domestic abuse is illegal, lawsuit says.

Mental Health Clubhouses Rush to Feed Members During SNAP Cutoff
Did School Closings Boost Gun Violence in Philadelphia?
Tiktok Encourages Antidepressants as a Lifestyle Accessory, to Users’ Peril

Many online prescriptions are issued by providers who have never evaluated the patients in person.

Soft Drink Consumption Linked to Depression Risk

Soft drink consumption is associated with a significantly increased risk of major depressive disorder in a new study published by JAMA Psychiatry.

No Kings Protest One of the Largest in US History

Seven to eight million people attended the nationwide protest of Trump's policies on No Kings Day on Saturday.

ICE Agents Turn NY Immigration Court Into Hall of Terror

Immigrants are seized and dragged off by ICE agents in front of their families after appearing at court hearings for asylum.

Tackling Postpartum Depression by Bursting Out in Song
Patient Dumping by Drug Rehab Scammers in Beachside Cities

Scam rehabs are luring people addicted to drugs thousands of miles away from their homes for nightmarish care.

Why Are Opioid Settlement Funds Not Poured Into Addiction Treatment?

Families of overdose victims in Oklahoma call for transparency in how opioid settlement funds are spent.

Safety Controls Added to ChatGPT Following Teen’s Suicide
Two Fathers, Two Versions of Hell

A father in Gaza risks a bike ride back to his bombed house to bring his family a loaf of bread,; a father in Israel waits in torment for news of his family taken as hostages.

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How Minecraft Therapy Is Transforming Child and Teen Mental Health Care