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ADHD and Punishment
In my last post, I wrote about a teenager in Michigan who was sent to a juvenile detention facility after being found “guilty on failure to submit to any schoolwork and getting up for school”...
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New research out of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) has found that we can increase our appreciation of our bodies by paying better attention to our internal body sensations —...
Mental Health in the Digital Realm
In the time of a global health crisis, when we are asked to close our doors and forced into isolation, we are left feeling deeply uncomfortable and disconnected. We have...
Coming to Terms with Unreality
When I was 14 years old, I entered my freshman year of high school feeling nothing but a dull sense of disquietude. I was not happy to be starting the...
Today I Love Starting Over
Today I love starting over and rebuilding the content of my main storage drive from scratch. I love that I have grand ideas about how to organize it so that it is more efficient....
Letting Go of Mental Junk Food
Every day I wake up and check my weather app. And every day it tells me the same thing. It is going to be very very hot again today....
Podcast: Dating Violence in Young Adults
Teen dating isn’t always innocent puppy love. Some young people can get involved in emotionally abusive or even violent relationships. How common is this? What are some of the signs...
The Upside of Being Old During a Pandemic
For some old people, life during the pandemic is so unbearable, they are giving up. Being cut off from visits, socializing, and other activities that brought them joy may have been tolerable for a while,...
What Happens When White People Declare Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter has been one of the most contested issues in modern rhetoric. Stepping into any online conversation about Black Lives Matter will give you a crash course in the very emotional and aggressive rhetoric opposing the movement....
COVID-19 Rates Seen As Higher Among Minority & Disadvantaged Kids
Minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged children have significantly higher rates of COVID-19, according to a new study led by researchers at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. The findings are published...
Drug Overdose May Lead to PTSD Symptoms
Surviving or witnessing a drug overdose is a psychologically traumatic event that can lead to symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new Johns Hopkins study of female...
Google Searches During Pandemic May Hint at More Suicides to Come
Google searches in the U.S. regarding financial difficulties and disaster relief saw a sharp increase in March and April compared to pre-pandemic times, according to a new study published online...
Where You Live May Influence How Long You Live
Can where you live impact how long you live? Investigators from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School discovered that people who live in blue states are living longer and the gap between...
