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Whether it’s your partner that’s getting on your nerves, or your friends, or even your pet, sometimes you just want to burn everything to the ground and start over. But will you feel the same way tomorrow?
The study, published in Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, found that the nondeceptive group showed a significant decrease in stress, anxiety and depression in just two weeks compared to the no-treatment control group. Participants also reported that the nondeceptive placebos were easy to use, not burdensome and appropriate for the situation.
A report written by a panel of family and domestic violence experts has detailed a “national emergency” in Australia. The Rapid Review of Prevention Approaches was established in May following a spate of murders of women.
This undated image provided by the Frances Perkins Center, shows land and home belonging to the late Frances Perkins, the nation’s first female Cabinet member under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Newcastle, Maine. Maine leaders said, Aug. 8, that they’re asking President Biden to elevate the status of the homestead by making it a national monument managed by the National Park Service.
America is in the midst of a mental health crisis.
Approximately 74% of college students in Connecticut have gambled within the last year, according to data released in March by researchers at DMHAS and the University of Connecticut School of Social Work who polled students across 30 public, private and community colleges and universities in the state through surveys and focus groups. The results suggest a higher rate of gambling engagement among college students compared to the general population.
The legacy of pollution from the pharmaceutical industry is palpable in Salinas, where chemical smells hide the scent of the sea.
When boys and girls reach adolescence, they are bombarded with messages that associate attraction with violence. These messages – from their peer group, TV series, films, music, social media, and so on – depict boys with violent and demeaning attitudes towards girls as attractive, but not so much those who treat girls well.
A new report from the Children’s Commissioner for England has found that 457 strip searches of children by police took place between July 2022 and June 2023. The report shows that Black children were four times more likely, when compared to national population figures, to be strip-searched.