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32 votes
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Single dose of clinical-grade LSD provides immediate and lasting relief from anxiety, wins approval for phase III trials
69 votes -
The problem with California Prop 1
8 votes -
The rise and fall of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation (2020)
5 votes -
The Arizona school setting kids with autism up for success
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A US drugmaker’s feud with the DEA is exacerbating the ADHD meds crisis
36 votes -
How US insurance companies fill their networks with ‘ghost’ therapists
29 votes -
The man in room 117 – Andrey Shevelyov would rather live on the street than take antipsychotic medication. Should it be his decision to make?
21 votes -
One woman's controversial fight to make America accept drug users for who they are
23 votes -
Meta accused by states of using features to lure children to Instagram and Facebook
18 votes -
Oregon launches legal psilocybin access amid high demand and hopes for improved mental health care
33 votes -
Provisional suicide deaths in the United States, 2022
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US Food and Drug Administration approves first postpartum depression pill in the US
19 votes -
America’s therapy boom
29 votes -
A new ACLU lawsuit alleges that Washington DC is discriminating against people with mental health disabilities by continuing to send armed officers to mental health calls
https://theappeal.org/dc-police-mental-health-crisis-response-aclu-lawsuit/ The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, D.C., filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday alleging that the...
https://theappeal.org/dc-police-mental-health-crisis-response-aclu-lawsuit/
The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, D.C., filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday alleging that the district’s practice of sending police officers—instead of mental health specialists—to mental health emergencies violates the Americans with Disabilities Act.
“Someone who calls 911 for a physical health emergency gets trained medical providers who can treat and stabilize them,” said Susan Mizner, director of the ACLU’s Disability Rights Program, in a press release. “But someone who calls 911 for a mental health emergency gets a police officer with handcuffs and a gun.”
According to the lawsuit, these differing responses constitute a breach of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits government entities from denying people with disabilities equal access to government services and programs. The ACLU is suing on behalf of Bread for the City, a local nonprofit that provides healthcare and social services to lower-income and unhoused communities.
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This is why it’s so hard to find mental health counseling in the USA right now
56 votes -
Why suicide rates are dropping around the world
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UnitedHealthcare tried to deny coverage to a chronically ill US patient. He fought back, exposing the insurer’s inner workings.
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988 Lifeline sees boost in use and funding in first months
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Mental health challenges related to neoliberal capitalism in the United States
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Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report says
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The new meth: Different chemically than it was a decade ago, the drug is creating a wave of severe mental illness and worsening America’s homelessness problem
22 votes -
Mental health response teams yield better outcomes than police in NYC, data shows
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The US FCC wants your thoughts on improving the shorter National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number
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Oregon legalizes psilocybin mushrooms (for therapeutic purposes) and decriminalizes all drugs
32 votes -
How the pandemic forced mental health care to change for the better
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Eugene, a town of 170,000 in Oregon, replaced some cops with medics and mental health workers. It's worked for over thirty years
19 votes -
A third of Americans reporting anxiety and depression symptoms during the COVID pandemic
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A six year old girl was arrested and held in a mental institution without her parents' consent, under a controversial Florida law known as the Baker Act
11 votes -
FCC proposes designating 988 as national suicide prevention and mental health hotline number
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"I don't feel safe anywhere": People express a new kind of anxiety living in America after El Paso and Dayton mass shootings
18 votes -
Seattle faces backlash after easing up on punishing crimes involving mental illness
6 votes -
The chilling mystery of high-altitude suicides
6 votes -
The forgotten victim of the Salvation Army building collapse
4 votes -
Emotional health in public schools
4 votes -
Not just for soldiers: Civilians with PTSD struggle to find effective therapy
8 votes -
In the land of hope and grief: An art therapy project in an Alaska Native village helps teens talk about suicide in their community
4 votes -
The comforting fictions of dementia care
8 votes -
The comforting fictions of dementia care
6 votes -
Should we loosen the restrictions on psychedelics?
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How suicide quietly morphed into a public health crisis
19 votes