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    A pair of studies suggest that a customized approach to brain stimulation carries advantages in treating mental health conditions.
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    Studies Suggest Benefits From A Personalized Approach To Brain Stimulation

    Jan 20, 2021
    Two studies find that tailoring brain stimulation to a particular patient helps in treating depression and obsessive-compulsive behaviors.
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    Researches Show Efficacy Of Personalized Brain Stimulation In Psychiatric Treatments

    Jan 18, 2021
    Two new studies show the potential of personalized brain stimulation to treat psychiatric disorders. The approach delivers pulses of electric or magnetic energy to certain areas in the brain.
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    Sandra's 17-year-old daughter, Lindsey, has autism. Lindsey thrives on routine, and got special help at school until the coronavirus pandemic cut her off from the trained teachers and therapists she'd come to rely on.
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    'I've Tried Everything': Pandemic Worsens Child Mental Health Crisis

    Jan 18, 2021
    When schools closed last spring, children with severe mental illnesses were cut off from the services they'd come to rely on. Many have since spiraled into emergency rooms and even police custody.
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    When it comes to New Year's goal setting, mental health experts say 2021 is the year to try a calmer, gentler approach to health.
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    Broken New Year's Resolutions Already? It's OK To Give Yourself A Break

    Jan 16, 2021
    It's a trying time to be a human. Mental health experts say it's OK to give yourself a break on you new year's resolutions and offer advice for a kinder, gentler approach to goal-setting in 2021.
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    Andy Puddicombe: What Is The Connection Between Mind, Body, And Breath?

    Jan 15, 2021
    Mindfulness expert and Headspace co-founder Andy Puddicombe guides listeners through a meditative reflection on appreciating breath.
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    Andy Puddicombe: How Can Breathing Help Us In An Ever-Changing World?

    Jan 15, 2021
    Mindfulness expert and Headspace co-founder Andy Puddicombe guides listeners through a meditative reflection on breath and impermanence.
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    ANDY PUDDICOMBE, UnSeen Narratives, Ted Salon, Unicorn Theatre, Tooley St. London. 10 May 2012.
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    Andy Puddicombe: How Can Breathing Help Improve Our Relationships?

    Jan 15, 2021
    Mindfulness expert and Headspace co-founder Andy Puddicombe guides listeners through a meditative reflection on how breath can bring us closer together.
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    Researchers have found that a combination of two medications is effective at treating meth addiction.
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    A Medical Treatment For Meth Addiction Proves Effective In New Trial

    Jan 14, 2021
    The evidence is strong that some people struggling with meth addiction benefit from the drug regime.
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    Researchers Find A Way To Help People With Meth Addiction Avoid Relapse

    Jan 13, 2021
    Researchers say they have identified the first medical treatment that shows promise in helping some people recovering from methamphetamine addiction.
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    <em>Aftershocks: A Memoir,</em> by Nadia Owusu
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    'Aftershocks' Tells Of A Reckoning With The Self — And With Memory

    Jan 13, 2021
    Writer Nadia Owusu has lived many lives. Her nonlinear memoir, centered on the idea of physical and metaphorical earthquakes, is about all of the parts of what is her single, complex life.
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    Life Kit: Making Big Life Decisions

    Jan 10, 2021
    Facing a big life decision? There might be a better way to think through a hard decision than just staring at a long list of pros and cons.
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    Rep. Jamie Raskin remembers his son, Tommy, as "remarkable from the beginning." Tommy Raskin, who had depression for years, killed himself on Dec. 31.
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    Rep. Jamie Raskin On The Life And Legacy Of His Son, Tommy Raskin

    Jan 09, 2021
    On New Year's Eve, 25-year-old Tommy Raskin killed himself. Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland talked with NPR about his son's life and the outpouring of tributes to him.
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    Shots - Health News
    SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, shown in red, have heavily infected a cell in this colorized scanning electron micrograph. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19.
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    How COVID-19 Attacks The Brain And May Cause Lasting Damage

    Jan 05, 2021
    Severe cases of COVID-19 can injure the brain in ways that affect memory, thinking and mood for months after the infection is gone, new research hints. It may even raise the risk of Alzheimer's.
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    <em>Keep Sharp,</em> by Sanjay Gupta
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    To 'Keep Sharp' This Year, Keep Learning, Advises Neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta

    Jan 04, 2021
    CNN's chief medical correspondent says it's never too late to develop new brain pathways. Even small changes, like switching up the hand you use to hold your fork, can help optimize brain health.
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    Don't Let The Pandemic Winter Get You Down: 9 Creative Ways To Socialize Safely

    Jan 01, 2021
    With bad pandemic news and endless social distancing, it can already feel like the longest winter ever. But keeping up nourishing bonds of human connection is possible with a little ingenuity.
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    In late 2019, the patient's choice to move to an assisted living facility seemed like a good idea — a chance for more social interaction and help with meals and medical care.
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    Choices, Chance And Living While You Can: Bookends To The Year Of COVID-19

    Dec 31, 2020
    One of my patients in this devastating year stands out — a veteran who'd survived PTSD, cancer and family estrangement. Assisted living raised his COVID-19 risk, but also brought him community.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    "You may be grateful that you have your health and still very disappointed about the losses of this year," says Thema Bryant-Davis, a psychologist. "And one doesn't cancel out the other."
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    Missed Milestones To Faded Friendships: The Unacknowledged Grief Of 2020

    Dec 31, 2020
    For people who are generally OK — healthy, employed — there's pressure to stay grateful. But those feeling so-called smaller losses also need to grieve and "stop pretending" they're not hurting.
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    Vibe Tribe Adventures is one of many groups nationwide seeking to address barriers that often keep Black women from exploring outdoor activities.
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    Black Women's Groups Find Health And Healing On Hikes, But Sometimes Racism, Too

    Dec 30, 2020
    A Black sisterhood of hikers in Colorado now has chapters across the U.S. and Canada, and includes other sports. "Being around nature, it's like grounding yourself," a founder says. "That is vital."
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    Jonny Sun: You're Not Alone In Feeling Lonely

    Dec 18, 2020
    For Jonny Sun, loneliness felt like being an alien on a distant planet, alone in the universe. But when he shared those feelings online, he found a community of people who felt precisely the same way.
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    JayaShri Maathaa: How Can Saying "Thank You" Transform Your Life?

    Dec 18, 2020
    During the coronavirus pandemic, monk JayaShri Maathaa continually turned to one powerful mantra: "thank you," a statement of genuine gratitude to provide solace and strength in troubled times.
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    Takahiro Shiraishi said he targeted those with suicidal thoughts: "It was easier for me to convince people with worries and other issues and manipulate them to my way of thinking."
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    Japan's 'Twitter Killer' Sentenced To Death In Killing Of 9

    Dec 15, 2020
    Takahiro Shiraishi murdered and dismembered eight women and one man in his apartment near Tokyo. He used Twitter to lure most of his victims, promising he could help them kill themselves.
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    Coronavirus Updates
    Psychologist Christy Denckla says funerals and related rituals are "fundamental to how we mourn, to how we grieve, to how we reinforce social ties."
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    Psychologist On Why Funerals Are Fundamental To Processing Grief

    Dec 14, 2020
    People being unable to gather or see the bodies of people who died of COVID-19 is having profound psychological effects that will last for years, says psychologist Christy Denckla of Harvard.
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    Tammy Lally: What Is The Personal Toll Of A Financial Crisis?

    Dec 11, 2020
    Acquiring debt and buying on credit has been the American way since the 1920s. Financial advisor Tammy Lally describes the toll that consumerism and money-shame had on her family in the early 2000s.
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    Root extracts from the African shrub iboga have long been used in traditional healing rituals and more recently as an experimental treatment for depression and to reduce drug cravings in addiction. Scientists now are working on a version of the extract t
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    Progress Toward A Safer Psychedelic Drug To Treat Depression And Addiction

    Dec 09, 2020
    A synthetic version of the psychedelic drug ibogaine appears to relieve depression and addiction without producing hallucinations or other dangerous side effects — at least in rodents.
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    Tyler Skluzacek (right) helped develop a smartwatch app to help disrupt his father Patrick's nightmares. The app recently won approval from the Food and Drug Administration.
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    He Designed A Smartwatch App To Help Stop His Dad's Nightmares

    Dec 06, 2020
    Patrick Skluzacek suffered from PTSD-related nightmares, which were ruining his life. His son, Tyler, created a smartwatch application to disrupt them. The app recently won FDA approval.
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