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• "Instrumental in Rebuilding My Life" Former Client at Changes Healing Center Celebrates Success Following Addiction Treatment in Phoenix

  01-05-2025 20:15 via pr.com
  Former patient Daniel credits Changes Healing Center for over two years of sobriety, restored family bonds, and renewed faith. With personalized care and effective strategies, the Phoenix-based drug rehab and alcohol rehab programs helped him rebuild his life, maintain employment, and move into a new home with his family. [PR.com]
  
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• Global Digital Wellness Day Returns May 2: Join the Viral Movement to Combat Digital Overwhelm

  01-05-2025 17:14 via pr.com
  Global Digital Wellness Day returns May 2, 2025, after reaching over 17 million people across 64+ countries. Recognized by former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy on twitter, this global movement promotes healthier tech habits through free resources, toolkits, and a livestreamed summit on screen time, mental health, and digital balance. Join the conversation and share how you find balance with tech using [PR.com]
  
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• Psychology Faces Unprecedented Challenges Amid U.S. Funding Cuts

  01-05-2025 14:47 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: APA MonitorThis year's torrent of U.S. executive orders, budget cuts, and other federal actions has not spared psychologists. Billions of dollars in research funding have been canceled or paused, targeting principles core to the discipline of psychology, such as understanding and reducing health disparities. "All of higher education is under attack," said Sue Orsillo, PhD, APA's head of education. "But certain fields, psychology among them, face additional...
  
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• Virtual Reality Game Uses Smell to Fight Cognitive Decline

  01-05-2025 14:44 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top HealthAiming to address age-related cognitive decline, a team of Japanese researchers developed a VR-based smell-training system to help reduce it. The game activates memory pathways through the sense of smell in a virtual environment. After just 20 minutes of playing the VR game, 30 older adults aged 63 to 90 showed improvements in visuospatial rotation and memory. The results appear in the March 28 issue of Scientific Reports.
  
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• Edinburgh University Returns Indigenous Skulls to Japan

  01-05-2025 14:44 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: BBC News - Top HeadlinesThree skulls from Japan that were given to Edinburgh University in 1913 have been returned to the indigenous community where they originated. The remains of the Ainu people had been held in the university's anatomy museum. The skulls were repatriated in a traditional Ainu ceremony at the university, and will be interred at a memorial site in Hokkaido, Japan. In 2023, Edinburgh University returned the skulls of four Mudan warriors to Taiwan.
  
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• Trans Players Banned From Women's Professional Soccer in England

  01-05-2025 14:13 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsTransgender women will be banned from playing for female soccer teams in England starting on June 1, the English Football Association announced Thursday. The policy change came as a result of an April 16 ruling from Britain's Supreme Court, which said the word "woman" is legally defined by biological sex. The Scottish Football Association also announced that "only biological females will be permitted" to play in competitive girl's and women's...
  
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• Brain Fog During Menopause Transition Linked to Low Iron Levels

  01-05-2025 14:13 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top HealthNew research offers good news for women experiencing brain fog as they transition into menopause. Published in the journal Nutrients, the study suggests that when women have adequate levels of iron in their blood during the menopausal transition, they perform better on cognitive tasks. Moreover, sufficient iron in the blood does not lead to unsafe levels of iron in the brain, which could raise the risk of neurodegenerative diseases like...
  
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• Clubhouse International Hosts Global Initiative to Raise Critical Funds and Awareness for the Clubhouse Approach to Recovery

  01-05-2025 13:46 via pr.com
  Clubhouse Giving Day™, a global initiative dedicated to supporting mental health recovery through the Clubhouse Model, will take place on May 1, rallying communities across the world to raise awareness and essential funding for Clubhouses — community-based centers that offer people living with mental illness opportunities for friendship, employment, education, and access to services in a caring and safe [PR.com]
  
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• U.S. Education Department Cuts $1B in Funding for School Mental Health

  01-05-2025 11:32 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google NewsThe Trump administration says it will stop paying out $1 billion in federal grants that school districts across the country have been using to hire mental health professionals, including counselors and social workers. The grants were part of the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act—a bill passed in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in which a teen gunman killed 19 elementary school students and two adults and injured 17...
  
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• Robert De Niro Supports Daughter After She Comes Out As Transgender

  01-05-2025 11:32 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsRobert De Niro is voicing his love and support for his daughter Airyn, who came out as transgender in an interview with Them this week. "I loved and supported Aaron as my son, and now I love and support Airyn as my daughter," the actor, 81, said in a statement. "I don't know what the big deal is. I love all my children."
  
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• Joseph Gaffney Named a VIP for 2025 by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication

  01-05-2025 09:00 via pr.com
  Joseph Gaffney of Orlando, Florida, has been named a VIP for 2025 by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide, recognizing his exceptional contributions and achievements in government service and healthcare administration.About Joseph Gaffney Joseph Gaffney is a distinguished retired health quality review specialist and director for the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), where he served for 27 years. [PR.com]
  
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