Category: Mental health
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Protecting Your (and Your Kids’) Mental Health After a Natural Disaster Protecting Your (and Your Kids’) Mental Health After a Natural Disaster
Mental health January 10, 2025

Protecting Your (and Your Kids’) Mental Health After a Natural Disaster

Hurricanes. Earthquakes. Wildfires. Floods. Blizzards. Tsunamis. No matter where you live, you’re ... more

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February: Start of The Cellphone Ban in LAUSD Schools. February: Start of The Cellphone Ban in LAUSD Schools.
Education January 7, 2025

February: Start of The Cellphone Ban in LAUSD Schools.

Another notable change for the spring semester is LAUSD schools cellphone ban, ... more

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7 tips to keep your New Year’s resolution 7 tips to keep your New Year’s resolution
Mental health January 3, 2025

7 tips to keep your New Year’s resolution

Making New Year’s resolutions is a yearly tradition for many people. Yet, ... more

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Negative social media content has a greater impact on people struggling with mental health Negative social media content has a greater impact on people struggling with mental health
Mental health December 26, 2024

Negative social media content has a greater impact on people struggling with mental health

In recent years, numerous studies have focused on the impact of excessive ... more

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How to kick back, relax and embrace a less-than-perfect holiday How to kick back, relax and embrace a less-than-perfect holiday
Mental health December 23, 2024

How to kick back, relax and embrace a less-than-perfect holiday

We all know the stressors: Social obligations. Family discord. Political rifts. Financial ... more

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Learn how Christmas could affect your mental health. Learn how Christmas could affect your mental health.
Mental health December 20, 2024

Learn how Christmas could affect your mental health.

Christmas could affect our mental health in lots of different ways. This ... more

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Mental health tips on how to handle anxiety related to Trump Mental health tips on how to handle anxiety related to Trump
Mental health December 18, 2024

Mental health tips on how to handle anxiety related to Trump

After Donald Trump’s US presidential election victory this week, a briefing handily ... more

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Expecting Tense Conversations at Thanksgiving Dinner Expecting Tense Conversations at Thanksgiving Dinner
Mental health November 25, 2024

Expecting Tense Conversations at Thanksgiving Dinner

You have every reason to expect tensions will be high around the ... more

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Panic at the Polls! How to Cope with Election Stress Panic at the Polls! How to Cope with Election Stress
Mental health November 5, 2024

Panic at the Polls! How to Cope with Election Stress

You toss and turn in bed. You don’t want to pick up ... more

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Do you feel lonely? Maybe it’s your job Do you feel lonely? Maybe it’s your job
Mental health October 22, 2024

Do you feel lonely? Maybe it’s your job

Here's a puzzle: Working from home appears to make people feel more ... more

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Criminalization of mental illness: Protesters demand for more health care, less prisons Criminalization of mental illness: Protesters demand for more health care, less prisons
Community October 18, 2024

Criminalization of mental illness: Protesters demand for more health care, less prisons

Giant billboards, a mobile ad with video and digital messages and TV ... more

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Most Americans back cellphone bans during class, but fewer support all-day restrictions Most Americans back cellphone bans during class, but fewer support all-day restrictions
Education October 15, 2024

Most Americans back cellphone bans during class, but fewer support all-day restrictions

As lawmakers and educators crack down on cellphone use in schools, most ... more

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Study establishes first causal link between anti-trans laws and suicide attempts Study establishes first causal link between anti-trans laws and suicide attempts
Mental health October 2, 2024

Study establishes first causal link between anti-trans laws and suicide attempts

State laws targeting transgender people made trans and nonbinary young people more ... more

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Latino youth are not being active enough; 63%, of parents reported they struggled to afford costs associated with sports Latino youth are not being active enough; 63%, of parents reported they struggled to afford costs associated with sports
Mental health October 1, 2024

Latino youth are not being active enough; 63%, of parents reported they struggled to afford costs associated with sports

A statewide report found that nearly two-thirds of school-aged children, particularly in ... more

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Newsom signs law to protect children from social media addiction Newsom signs law to protect children from social media addiction
Mental health September 23, 2024

Newsom signs law to protect children from social media addiction

California follows New York state, which passed a law earlier this year ... more

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Prioritizing Mental Health and Well-Being in Schools Prioritizing Mental Health and Well-Being in Schools
Mental health August 19, 2024

Prioritizing Mental Health and Well-Being in Schools

Schools are prioritizing students’ mental health, and there are many tools and ... more

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How to Help Someone Through a Panic Attack. It’s more normal than you think How to Help Someone Through a Panic Attack. It’s more normal than you think
Mental health August 19, 2024

How to Help Someone Through a Panic Attack. It’s more normal than you think

A meteorologist in Australia was delivering the weather report on live television ... more

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Venting your frustrations can make friends like you better Venting your frustrations can make friends like you better
Mental health August 15, 2024

Venting your frustrations can make friends like you better

Venting about your frustrations with one friend to another isn’t necessarily cathartic, ... more