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News Articles: Mental Health

Aleah Martin, 8, right, and her cousin Riley Boyd, 12, play in the crown of a pecan tree blown down by Hurricane Helene in Aleah’s yard in Dublin, Ga.

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  • Mental Health

Hurricane survivors continue to struggle with anxiety, fear, anger amidst storm season

The Federal Emergency Management Agency or FEMA is still connecting people in Valdosta to behavioral health crisis services. 

October 21, 2024
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
People with prescriptions for Ozempic and similar drugs had lower rates of intoxication and drug overdoses, according to a new study.

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  • Health

Ozempic shows promise for alcohol and drug addiction, study finds

The weight-loss drugs are linked with reduced rates of excess drinking and opioid overdoses, suggesting they may tamp down substance use cravings too.

October 20, 2024
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By:
  • Maria Godoy
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  • Mental Health

COMIC: Science-backed mood boosters to (almost instantly) snap you out of a funk

Six techniques to energize you when you feel sluggish and relax you when you feel stressed. Feel the transformation in 15 minutes or less.

October 16, 2024
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By:
  • Marielle Segarra and
  • Connie Hanzhang Jin
Carter Center Mental Health Program Director Eve Byrd speaks during World Mental Health Day from the Emory University Carlos Museum Oct. 10, 2024.

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  • Mental Health

'We think of mental heath care as a human right,' Carter Center says this World Mental Health Day

The Carter Center Mental Health Program is highlighting its Positively Creative Healing Arts and Youth Mental Health event for World Mental Health Day on Thursday, Oct. 10. The collaboration around Atlanta Healing Arts Week includes the Carlos Museum and Emory University.

October 10, 2024
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge

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  • Your Health

Here's how to turn climate change anxiety into action

More than half of young adults feel anxious, angry and powerless over climate change, a recent survey found. But there are ways to help turn that distress around. Here's how to give them a try.

October 08, 2024
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By:
  • Allison Aubrey
LGTBQ+ women face high rates of trauma and other mental health problems, a new report finds.

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  • Health

LGBTQ+ women face disproportionate rates of mental health issues and barriers to care

A new report finds that LGBTQ+ women in the U.S. experience high rates of trauma, mental illness, and other health conditions. And they're less likely to seek medical care.

October 08, 2024
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By:
  • Bec Roldan

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  • Family

The tricky etiquette of parenting in public

Your little one is having a meltdown at the park. Everyone is looking at you. What do you do? A psychologist offers parents advice on how to help their kid (and themselves) navigate the chaos.

October 05, 2024
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By:
  • Emily Siner

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  • Health

Stressed out? These 8 skills can help boost mood and reduce anxiety

Life is stressful. Whether it’s work or relationship issues or you’re worrying about politics or global conflict, it can be overwhelming. NPR’s Stress Less: A quest to reclaim your calm aims to help.

September 30, 2024
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  • Allison Aubrey

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  • Health

If you want to stress less, join NPR's quest to reclaim your calm

Life can be stressful, and how you manage it is key. We have science-backed tips to help you cope. Get five weekly newsletters and a master class in stress management: Join us.

September 30, 2024
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By:
  • Allison Aubrey
The Food and Drug Administration approved Cobenfy, a twice-a-day medication that is a new kind of treatment for schizophrenia in adults.

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  • Health

A new kind of drug for schizophrenia promises fewer side effects

A medicine that sidesteps the brain's dopamine receptors to reach different targets represents a new approach to schizophrenia treatment. The Food and Drug Administration approved it Thursday.

September 28, 2024
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By:
  • Sydney Lupkin
Apalachee High School buses on Monday Sept. 23, 2024

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  • Mental Health

Apalachee High School students return to counselors, therapy dogs and hugs from friends, teachers

Monday’s four-hour open house allowed Apalachee High School students and their parents to walk through the building and reconnect with teachers.

September 25, 2024
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
A school bus moves at Apalachee High School, after the school reopened almost three weeks after a deadly shooting on campus, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Winder, Ga.

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  • News

Weeks after a school shooting, students return for classes at Apalachee High School

Students have begun pouring into Apalachee High School weeks after a school shooter killed two students and two teachers. Some students were still uneasy Tuesday about returning.

September 24, 2024
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By:
  • Associated Press

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  • Health

'I Don’t Want to Die.' He needed mental health care. He found a ghost network

Ravi Coutinho bought a health insurance plan thinking it would give him access to mental health providers. But even after 21 phone calls and multiple hospitalizations, no one could find him a therapist.

September 22, 2024
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By:
  • Max Blau
A "ghost network" is when a health plan lists providers in its network who are not actually available. The problem is rampant in mental health care, reporting by ProPublica shows.

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  • Health

Up against a 'ghost network' for mental health care? Here's what you can do

Insurers’ failures to update their provider directories have led to dire consequences for people seeking mental health care. Here's how you can navigate these challenges to find treatment.

September 22, 2024
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By:
  • Max Blau
Climate-driven flooding destroyed Tony Calhoun’s home in 2022. But as the water receded, his despair only grew. His fiancee, Edith Lisk (left), hopes to bring attention to the mental health toll of extreme weather.

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  • Climate

He survived the water, but not the flood

Climate-driven flooding destroyed Tony Calhoun’s home in 2022. But as the water receded, his despair only grew. Now, his family hopes to bring attention to the mental health toll of extreme weather.

September 17, 2024
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher
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