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UCLA Study Shows Dangerous Associations Between Drug and Alcohol Use and Adolescent Mental Health
6+ hour, 58+ min ago (362+ words) Data from the 20222024 California Health Interview Surveys (CHIS) show that 9% of California adolescents ages 1217 currently use one or more substances, which for this study included marijuana/THC, binge drinking alcohol, e-cigarettes and cigarettes. Current use was defined as having used…...
From Magic Mushrooms to LSD: A Peek Inside Medicine's Psychedelic Promise by UC San Francisco Professors in Neurology and Psychiatry
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (493+ words) Here are four ways UC San Francisco researchers are pioneering new treatment frontiers in depression, Parkinson's, and addiction, thanks in large part to federal science funding support. Psilocybin is the compound behind "magic" mushrooms' psychedelic powers. Used for millennia in…...
American Academy of Pediatrics Announces New Study Finds Trauma Exposure and Traumatic Stress Common Among Youth in Primary Care. Females and Those Who Identified as a Racial. ..
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (299+ words) American Academy of Pediatrics Announces New Study Finds Trauma Exposure and Traumatic Stress Common Among Youth in Primary Care. Females and Those Who Identified as a Racial or Ethnic Minority Reported Higher Levels of Traumatic Stress. Image by Hieu Van…...
KFF Health News: An Age-Old Fear Grows More Common: "I'm Going To Die Alone'
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (1292+ words) October 19, 2025 -By Judith Graham-This summer, at dinner with her best friend, Jacki Barden raised an uncomfortable topic: the possibility that she might die alone. "I have no children, no husband, no siblings," Barden remembered saying. "Who's going to hold my…...
KFF Health News: Cops on Ketamine? Largely Unregulated Mental Health Treatment Faces Hurdles
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (1230+ words) October 13, 2025 - ASHEVILLE, N. C. - By'Katja Ridderbusch'- A few months ago, Waynesville Police Sgt. Paige Shell was about to give up hope of getting better. The daily drip of violence, death, and misery from almost 20 years in law enforcement had left a mark....