Psychology & Psychiatry
Service dogs benefit the well-being of their handlers, research shows
Low self-confidence. Social isolation. Longing for independence.
Feb 15, 2019
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Addiction
Most meth users too embarrassed to seek treatment
The biggest barriers to methamphetamine users seeking treatment are embarrassment or stigma, belief that help is not needed, preferring to withdraw without help and privacy concerns, according to a new study.
Oct 31, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Homeless deaths doubled in San Francisco during the pandemic's first year, mostly from drug overdoses
More than twice as many people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco died during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to previous years, with the leading cause of death being drug overdose. No deaths attributed ...
Mar 14, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Resilience and recovery: Navigating mental health challenges in disaster response
Mental health is a crucial aspect of disaster response and emergency management, as individuals and communities can experience significant psychological distress and trauma during and after such events. Hazards, whether natural ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Why do women military vets avoid using VA benefits?
Many women military veterans turn to the Veterans Administration (VA) for health care and social services only as a "last resort" or "safety net," typically for an emergency or catastrophic health event, or when private health ...
May 20, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Social media information can predict a wide range of personality traits and attributes
Principle Investigator Haruno Masahiko and Dr. Mori Kazuma at the Center for Information and Neural Networks (CiNet), the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, report the use of machine learning ...
Aug 24, 2020
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Social isolation linked to biological age gap, higher mortality rate
A new study from Mayo Clinic finds that socially isolated people are more likely to show signs of being biologically older than their age and more likely to die from a variety of causes. The research, published in the Journal ...
Mar 20, 2024
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Health
Power of the pulpit: Study suggests lower mortality rates for Black men 50+ who attend religious services
Faith-based communities have long provided members with life enhancing benefits. Beyond offering messages of hope, churches and other spiritual institutions offer members many support services that enrich lives and strengthen ...
Sep 23, 2022
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Addiction
What is harm reduction?
Harm reduction is exactly what it sounds like: reducing the harm associated with using drugs through a variety of public health interventions. But the concept relies on more than these tools and begins, at the most fundamental ...
Feb 28, 2022
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Health
Big spike in 2016 Chicago youth homicides linked to pause in state funding
In 2016, homicides among Chicagoans aged 15 to 24 drastically spiked. Then in 2017, youth homicides boomeranged back to lower, pre-2015 levels. One likely contributor to this is the two-year pause in state funding, reports ...
Jan 24, 2022
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