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    Shots - Health News
    The author skydives over Pennsylvania.
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    Invisibilia: When Death Rocks Your World, Maybe You Jump Out Of A Plane

    Mar 09, 2018
    The first episode of this season's Invisibilia podcast explores how people cope when something happens that fundamentally shifts how they view themselves. The author's mother decided to try skydiving.
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    The Two-Way
    Florida Gov. Rick Scott wants a range of measures aimed at preventing shootings like the one last week at a high school in Parkland, Fla. Scott is seen here during a meeting with law enforcement, mental health and education officials on Tuesday.
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    Florida Governor Calls For Raising Age Limit For Gun Purchases From 18 To 21

    Feb 23, 2018
    Instead of broader gun control, Gov. Rick Scott wants to keep guns away from mentally ill or violent people. He announced funds for "school hardening" and police officers in every school.
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    Here & Now Compass
    An Afghan patient sits in a yard at the only mental health rehabilitation center in the city of Herat in April 2014.
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    Afghanistan's Lone Psychiatric Hospital Reveals Mental Health Crisis Fueled By War

    Feb 14, 2018
    The Red Crescent Secure Psychiatric Institution is the only high-security psychiatric facility in Afghanistan. Many of the hospital's almost 300 patients are chained and sedated.
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    More Religious Leaders Challenge Silence, Isolation Surrounding Suicide

    Feb 11, 2018
    Many faith leaders are looking past suicide as a sin to help spot and support those suffering from mental health issues in their communities.
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    Shots - Health News
    Jessica Porten went to a doctor's appointment with her daughter, Kira, to get help with postpartum depression. She soon found herself in the company of police who escorted her to a hospital's emergency department.
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    Nurse Calls Cops After Woman Seeks Help For Postpartum Depression. Right Call?

    Feb 07, 2018
    A package of mental health bills in California aims to make it easier for new moms to get help and to build awareness among more health workers of postpartum mood disorders.
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    Matilde Gonzalez (left) and Cesar Calles hold their son, Cesar Julian Calles, 10 months old, as he is immunized with a flu shot in January at Sea Mar Community Health Center in Seattle.
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    Budget Delays Bring Uncertainty To Health Programs For The Needy

    Feb 02, 2018
    With another federal budget deadline looming, there's a push to add provisions to a spending bill that would help community health centers and other providers of health services for low-income people.
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    Filthy Conditions In Homes For Mentally Ill Not Reported In Southern Nevada, Investigation Finds

    Jan 29, 2018

    A further investigation into the deplorable living conditions found in state funded homes for the mentally ill found top-to-bottom failures at the two state agencies in charge of them.

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    Nevada Official Ousted Over Squalid Homes For Mentally Ill

    Jan 22, 2018

    RENO, Nev. (AP) — A state official has resigned from a department handling care for severely mentally ill people in Nevada after an audit found squalid conditions at taxpayer-funded homes under a program that she oversaw.

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    State Audit: Nevada's Mentally Ill Live In Filthy Conditions

    Jan 18, 2018

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — A recently released state audit shows that Nevada's most vulnerable mentally ill residents are living in taxpayer-funded homes with human waste, rodents, mildew and other filthy conditions.

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    The Salt
    After Charleston chef Ben Murray committed suicide, Mickey Bakst (left) and Steve Palmer (right) started a support group for those in the restaurant business struggling with addiction.
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    In An Industry Rife With Substance Abuse, Restaurant Workers Help Their Own

    Jan 16, 2018
    Food service is fueled by high stress and late hours; it's easy to see how people in the industry can be susceptible to alcohol and drug abuse. Some who've been there are now offering help to others.
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    Goats and Soda
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    The Forgotten Needs Of Refugees From Hurricane Irma

    Jan 13, 2018
    Finding a place to live is just the start. A doctor shares his experiences with two hurricane refugees.
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    Politics
    President Donald Trump leads a roundtable on policy initiatives related to prisons and prisoners at the White House on Thursday.
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    Trump To Get First Presidential Medical Checkup

    Jan 12, 2018
    The session will offer a rare public glimpse at Trump's health, who at age 70 when he was sworn in, holds the distinction of being the oldest president in U.S. history at the time of taking office.
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    Shots - Health News
    Abraham Lincoln dealt with depression in his 20s and 30s. The disorder returned during his presidency as the Civil War unfolded.
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    Why Mental Health Is A Poor Measure Of A President

    Dec 23, 2017
    Presidents from Lincoln to Nixon appear to have suffered from a range of psychiatric disorders. But mental health professionals say that doesn't mean they were unfit for the office.
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    Could A Zap To The Brain Derail Destructive Impulses?

    Dec 18, 2017
    A brain implant already used to treat severe epilepsy might also help fend off impulses to abuse drugs or overeat before they happen, researchers say. But so far it's been tested mostly in mice.
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    Mental Health
    Researchers found a sudden increase in teens' symptoms of depression, suicide risk factors and suicide rates in 2012 — around the time when smartphones became popular, researcher Jean Twenge says.
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    The Risk Of Teen Depression And Suicide Is Linked To Smartphone Use, Study Says

    Dec 17, 2017
    This week on The Call-In, a new study suggests a link between electronic device use and depression among teens. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Jean Twenge, one of the authors of that study.
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    This Year, Consider Giving Presence Instead Of Presents

    Dec 09, 2017
    Science says consciously spending time with our loved ones is more important to them than receiving expensive presents.
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    Tylenol May Help Ease The Pain Of Hurt Feelings

    Dec 04, 2017
    Acetaminophen, the world's most popular painkiller, doesn't just dull physical aches, it also has subtle psychological effects, researchers say. But blunting emotions isn't always a good thing.
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    Here & Now Compass
    The Northville Psychiatric Hospital is seen in Northville, Mich., Monday, July 28, 2003. Many of the patients who moved out of the facility shortly before it closed either had to leave southeast Michigan for hospitals elsewhere in the state or ended up i
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    How The Loss Of U.S. Psychiatric Hospitals Led To A Mental Health Crisis

    Nov 30, 2017
    The evaporation of long-term psychiatric facilities in the U.S. has escalated over the past decade, sparked by a trend towards deinstitutionalization of mental health patients in the 1950s.
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    Light Therapy Might Help People With Bipolar Depression

    Nov 27, 2017
    Light therapy can help treat depression that's part of seasonal affective disorder, but it hasn't worked so well for treating bipolar disorder. It may come down to when people are exposed to light.
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    Adult Siblings Can Make Our Lives Healthier And Happier

    Nov 23, 2017
    Our sibling relationships are the longest-lasting family ties we have, and can help us weather the pains and challenges of adulthood, including illness and the death of parents.
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    Goats and Soda
    Rohingya refugees wait for medical treatment at a 'Doctors Without Borders clinic in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
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    How Do You Help Refugees Who Are Too Traumatized To Talk?

    Nov 16, 2017
    That's the dilemma for health workers in Bangladesh as they try to treat the physical and mental health issues among the Rohingya who've fled violence in their homeland of Myanmar.
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    Shots - Health News
    At a press conference in Japan on Monday, President Donald Trump blamed mental illness, not guns, for the Texas massacre.
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    Texas Shooter's History Raises Questions About Mental Health And Mass Murder

    Nov 07, 2017
    President Trump says the Texas shooting shows that mental health is a "problem of the highest order." This comes amid a debate about mental illness, guns, and his own record on mental health programs.
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    Brain Patterns May Predict People At Risk Of Suicide

    Oct 30, 2017
    A computer program learned to identify people thinking about suicide by studying brain activity patterns associated with words like "death" and "trouble."
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    Alexa, Are You Safe For My Kids?

    Oct 30, 2017
    Talking to a device that talks back can be entertaining and educational for children. But psychologists say children can develop relationships with these devices that can be different than adults.
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    Shots - Health News
    Dogs may not wash their paws compulsively, but some humans and canines have similar genetic mutations that may influence obsessive behavior.
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    Search Of DNA In Dogs, Mice And People Finds 4 Genes Linked To OCD

    Oct 17, 2017
    Scientists looking for genetic factors behind obsessive compulsive disorder looked for clues in the DNA of humans and two animal species. Genes active in a particular brain circuit emerged.

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