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• U.S. Funding Mental Health Crisis Teams to Stand in for Police

  24-04-2021 17:01 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportWhen police respond to a person gripped by a mental health or drug crisis, the encounter can have tragic results. Now, a U.S. government insurance program will help communities set up an alternative: mobile teams with mental health practitioners trained in de-escalating such potentially volatile situations.
  
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• Idaho Lawmakers Pass a "Nondiscrimination" Education Bill

  24-04-2021 17:01 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportThe Idaho House has approved proposed legislation preventing schools from compelling students to adopt belief systems claiming any group of people as defined by sex, race, ethnicity, or religion are inferior or superior. The bill, which passed 57-12 with no Democratic support, also prevents forcing students to agree that individuals of any race, sex, ethnicity, religion, or national origin are responsible for past actions done by members of the...
  
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• How Did Modern Humans Overcome Neanderthals?

  24-04-2021 17:01 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top HealthA new study is the first-ever to identify the genes for creativity in Homo sapiens that distinguish modern humans from chimpanzees and Neanderthals. The research identified 267 genes that are found only in modern humans and likely played an important role in the evolution of the behavioral characteristics that set apart Homo sapiens, including creativity, self-awareness, cooperativeness, and healthy longevity.
  
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• Glenn Close on a Mission to End the Stigma of Mental Illness

  24-04-2021 17:01 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: CNN - Top StoriesAcademy Award nominee Glenn Close is on a personal mission to reduce the stigma of mental illness. "Most families are dealing with some aspect of mental health," Close told CNN. "When my sister Jess came to me and said, 'I need help because I can't stop thinking of killing myself,' it was like a bolt out of nowhere." At age 50, Jessie was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Jessie's son, Calen Pick, was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder in...
  
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• Depression Among Pregnant Women Rose Worldwide During Pandemic

  24-04-2021 17:01 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportDepression and other mental health problems have become more common among pregnant women and new mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic, an international study finds. "The number of women who had significantly elevated symptoms was much larger than what had previously been published during the pandemic," said senior author Karestan Koenen in a Harvard news release.
  
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• 20-Year Cannabis Study Shows Few Cognitive Impacts on Twins

  24-04-2021 17:01 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportBy following sets of twins from age 11 to adulthood, University of Minnesota researchers have found that cannabis use has few impacts on long-term cognitive abilities. Out of 2,410 sets of identical twins from Minnesota, only 364 had differing cannabis use between siblings, making them eligible for the study. "There’s very little evidence that cannabis has dramatic effects on cognitive ability," said Dr. Jonathan Schaefer, a coauthor of the...
  
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• The city my grandfather used to call home no longer exists – except in our minds

  24-04-2021 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  After his death, I wanted to know more about his life, and the city that made him and very nearly killed himEvery Hanukkah through my childhood, if I was visiting my grandparents’ Liverpool home, my Grandpa Oskar told me the exact same story. With a pickle on his side plate – my grandma serving up his favourite dinner of latkes, vusht (smoked sausage) and eggs – he’d recount the night during this very Jewish festival in 1937 that his family – our family – fled
  
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• Warming Seas Might Also Look Less Colorful to Some Fish

  24-04-2021 16:25 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top NewsClimate change is driving some fish into cooler, deeper waters. Now, they may be faced with another challenge: how to make sense of a world drained of color. Researchers report that even small increases in depth could make it harder for fish to discern the hues they use to find food, friends, and family, which could have devastating consequences in some cases.
  
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• Racial Disparities Persist in Boston Police Interactions

  24-04-2021 16:25 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportFigures released by the Boston Police Department indicate that Black people were far more likely than white people to be the subject of street investigations by Boston police in 2020. Black people were the subject of 62% of last year’s field interrogation and observations in the city, where they comprise less than a quarter of the population, The Boston Globe reported. White people, who are 45% of the city's population, were the subject 30% of...
  
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• Kansas Governor Vetoes Ban for Transgender School Athletes

  24-04-2021 16:25 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: USA Today - Top StoriesDemocratic Governor Laura Kelly on Thursday vetoed a Republican measure that would have made Kansas the latest state with a GOP-controlled legislature to ban transgender athletes from girls' and women's school sports. The governor cited possible damage to the state's business climate as a reason for vetoing the bill but emphasized what she said was its broader, "devastating" message that "Kansas is not welcoming to all children and their...
  
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• Alabama Governor Signs Anti-Trans Sports Bill

  24-04-2021 16:25 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: CNN - Top StoriesAlabama Governor Kay Ivey, a Republican, signed a bill into law on Friday requiring all Alabama athletes in K-12 public school to compete in sports based on the gender they were assigned at birth—joining a growing trend among Republican-controlled legislatures around the country that have been moving in recent weeks to impose restrictions on the lives of transgender Americans.
  
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