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Municipal governments across Canada face a legal and humanitarian balancing act when dealing with homeless encampments in public spaces. Court decisions — mainly in British Columbia — have affirmed the constitutional rights of unsheltered people, significantly influencing how cities can draft and enforce bylaws.
There has been a recent shift toward lifestyle treatment, including increased movement and cognitive behavioral therapy as a first-line treatment in lieu of antidepressant medication for mild-to-moderate depression in countries such as Australia and New Zealand, but it has been slower to catch on in the United States. “Changing lifestyles can improve depression or augment medication treatment, so why are we reluctant to discuss movement with our patients?” Dr. Sugden said.
The government has quietly published 12 detailed research reports, nearly all related to disability employment, disability poverty and the benefits system, all on the same day, just eight days after MPs voted to impose £2 billion-a-year cuts to disability benefits. The mass information dump includes at least six research reports which would have provided crucial information for MPs voting on the universal credit bill, which they approved on 9 July.
Scots affected by drugs say while peer groups provide vital support, but one-on-one mental health care is lacking across the country. Half of recovery service users revealed they have been met with stigma.
The Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, in a statement, said the facility “was not under the control or authority of the diocese” and that it has no records related to it. The facility was supervised by Catholic nuns who were members of the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity, a Catholic religious order…. The institution at 485 Best St. in Buffalo was described in promotional materials as “a residence and school for troubled teenagers who can be helped by love, guidance, religion, therapy and school”…. O’Hara said she later attempted suicide. After being transferred to another facility in Albany, she said a social worker warned her to stay silent. “This will never be spoken of again,” the social worker allegedly told O’Hara. “And if it is, nobody will believe you and nobody will care.”
Moving to a four-day work week without losing pay leaves employees happier, healthier and higher-performing, according to the largest study of such an intervention so far, encompassing six countries. The research showed that a six-month trial of working four days a week reduced burnout, increased job satisfaction and improved mental and physical health.
Nobel Prize winning author Sinclair Lewis sequestered himself on his Vermont farm during the summer of 1935 and hammered away on his latest novel. He was in a hurry, fearing that real-world events might overtake his narrative. For his plot, Lewis drew from national and international headlines of the day, but he made the main character a Vermont newspaper editor and set most of the story among the green valleys of his adopted home.
