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News Articles: Mental Health

We all face stress. Resilience skills can make a big difference.

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What stresses you out? What helps you cope? We want to hear from you

NPR is planning coverage on the stressors people face and how they find relief. Please tell us what keeps you up at night and what coping tips and techniques you'd recommend.

July 13, 2024
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“In my conversations with my family members and knowing their history and their struggle, I remember that I'm somebody and [they’re] somebody. And that's a very powerful thing,” says author Min Jin Lee, who has been interviewing family members for her first nonfiction book.<br>

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  • Family

To capture a parent’s hidden story, practice patience -- and let the tears flow

Writers share advice on how to sensitively interview family members about painful or traumatic memories. These conversations may get loved ones to open up -- and deepen our connections with them.

July 11, 2024
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By:
  • Aarti Shahani
A homeless family with a two-year-old child on Towne Avenue in Los Angeles' Skid Row in April 2024. A new study tracks how housing insecurity affects children's health as they grow.

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  • Health

When little kids don’t have stable housing, it can affect their health later

Researchers following a group of American children for decades found that even short periods of housing instability increased the chances of poor mental and physical health years later.

July 01, 2024
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
Psilocybin mushroom grown in Littleton, Colo. Use of the psychoactive drug is growing in popularity in the U.S.

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  • Health

Microdosing and tripping on mushrooms is on the rise in U.S.

Two new studies estimate psychedelic use in the U.S. and both find magic mushrooms gaining in popularity, including some folks who just want to get a little bit high, aka microdosing.

June 29, 2024
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By:
  • Will Stone
New insights into the brain's waste-removal system could one day help researchers better understand and prevent many different brain disorders.

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  • Science

The brain makes a lot of waste. Now scientists think they know where it goes

The brain appears to rely on synchronized waves to wash out waste products, including toxins associated with Alzheimer's disease.

June 26, 2024
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  • Jon Hamilton
tiny cottages

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  • Mental Health

Macon joins select cities investing in housing solely for unhoused people

The new development on Macon’s east side, called the Tiny Cottages, are exclusively available to people who meet the federal definition of homelessness.

June 26, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas

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  • Mental Health

Stuck in a rut? How to appreciate your life again, according to science

After a while, even the most exciting relationships, jobs and environments lose their spark. But cognitive neuroscientist Tali Sharot says it's possible to fall back in love with life's small joys.

June 26, 2024
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  • Andrew Limbong
An illustration of the human microbiome. The bacteria in our gut may influence our mental health, research finds.

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  • Health

Your gut microbes may influence how you handle stress

A new study finds people who are resilient in the face of stressful events have a different mix of microorganisms in the gut than those who get more frazzled.

June 25, 2024
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  • Will Stone
A photo of a billboard with cartoon people hugging and text that says "no one should face jail time for getting an abortion"

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  • Health Care

Research shows most Americans support abortion access. One advocacy group wants people to know that

According to a recent Pew survey, more than 60% of Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases.

 

June 21, 2024
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  • Ellen Eldridge
People sign the final structural beam of the Crisis Stabilization Diagnostic Center before it was put into place on June 14 in Macon. The center will serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who need health care or are in crisis.

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  • Mental Health

A new vision of care for people with disabilities includes center in Macon

At a celebration against a backdrop of construction, Georgia providers said once the facility is built, it will be one step in a new proposed continuum of care.

June 17, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas
Keaton Warner and Jillian Canada stand in front of a poster with a wheel of feelings at Roswell High School.

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  • Mental Health

How Roswell High School addresses student mental health needs amid dual deadly epidemics

Teachers at Roswell High School allow students to leave class for therapy appointments and return without missing a beat because teachers know that if the student is struggling with mental health, they're not going to be able to focus on math or science, school social worker Valerie Rogers says.

 

June 17, 2024
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Some people get obsessed with romance and fantasy novels. What's the science behind this kind of guilty pleasure?

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  • Health

From ‘romantasy’ to reality TV, why we love guilty pleasures so much

Neuroscientists say the pleasure response helps us survive as a species. So why do we feel embarrassed by some of the things we love the most?

June 15, 2024
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  • Rachel Carlson
MDMA or ecstasy is under consideration for FDA approval for treating PTSD but it's future is uncertain.

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  • Health

Trouble for ecstasy? What MDMA’s FDA setback could mean for psychedelics

Psychedelics researchers and investors are still reeling from last week’s no vote for MDMA by a panel of advisers to the FDA.

June 14, 2024
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  • Will Stone
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  • News

When a romance ends, can a friendship grow? NPR listeners weigh in

Listeners explain why they decided to remain friends with their exes, keep a friendly distance — or leave them behind.

June 12, 2024
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By:
  • Malaka Gharib
A new study looks at the roles that African and European genetic ancestries can play in Black Americans' risk for some brain disorders.

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  • Science

African ancestry genes may be linked to Black Americans' risk for some brain disorders

A new genomic analysis hints at why African Americans face a higher risk of Alzheimer’s and stroke, but a lower risk of Parkinson’s.

June 12, 2024
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  • Jon Hamilton
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