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1 week ago | mindsitenews.org | Diana Hembree

Good morning, readers. In today’s special issue of MindSite News Daily we pose a critical question: Why does the United States persist in treating addiction like a moral failing? We’ll explore programs that treat addiction like the chronic disease that it is – at a time when overdoses have declined but are still claiming more than 80,000 lives a year.

2 weeks ago | mindsitenews.org | Courtney E. Wise

Photo: Steve T/ShutterstockGreetings, MindSite News Readers. In today’s Daily, a report from our California team on what is happening in Los Angeles, expert guidance for parents on changing behavior to reduce anxiety in our kids, and what research says new dads can do to care for their babies and themselves. Plus, how Gen Z is reconciling the “American Dream” with a bleak-seeming future. But first: Meet Cameron Mofid, who credits travel with helping him manage his obsessive-compulsive disorder.

2 weeks ago | mindsitenews.org | Michele Cohen Marill

Budget cuts could slash “baby bond” funds for COVID orphans A first-in-the-nation program to create financial support for California children who lost parents to COVID may be trimmed under budget proposals put forward by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

2 weeks ago | mindsitenews.org | Courtney E. Wise

March 7 march in Washington, DC Photo: Rena Schild/ShutterstockGreetings, MindSite News Readers. In today’s Daily, employees from the National Institutes of Health have put their own mental health on the line by speaking up against Trump’s cuts and censorship. Two grassroots organizations foster much-needed social connection in older people, and one writer argues that our societal fascination with narcissists is killing democracy.

2 weeks ago | mindsitenews.org | Don Sapatkin

Good Tuesday morning! In today’s Daily: Private equity firms are buying up psychiatric hospitals. Middle-aged and elderly women are seeking treatment for long-neglected anorexia. Should inflammation markers be used to define categories of depression? Plus: Local anesthetics are the latest adulterants in illicit fentanyl, and naloxone can’t reverse their sedative effects. The country’s mental health agency will soon be kaput — RIP SAMHSA. Did an insurer’s “ghost network” cause a man’s death?