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• Psychiatric drugs aren’t always the answer | Letter

  11-02-2026 17:48
  Talking therapies have made huge progress and should be more widely available, writes Ann Marie TaylorYes, there has been a shocking lack of progress in developing transformative psychiatric medicine (We need new drugs for mental ill-health, 5 February), but this may be because in mental health, drugs are not always the answer (see, for example, Richard P Bentall’s Doctoring the Mind).Huge progress has been made in the effectiveness of talking therapies – for example, free effec
  
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• EPA to End "Endangerment Finding" and Funding to Protect Climate

  11-02-2026 11:58 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsU.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials say they will be ending a 2009 declaration that says climate change is a danger to public health. Revoking "the endangerment finding"—which is expected to happen this week—removes the EPA's statutory authority to regulate motor vehicle emissions that was provided by the Clean Air Act of 1970, an EPA spokesperson told The Hill. Under that act, the EPA regulates vehicle emissions thought to..
  
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• This Bedroom Temperature Could Help Older Adults Sleep With Less Stress

  11-02-2026 11:57 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top HealthA cooler bedroom might be better for older sleepers than previously thought. Researchers found that keeping nighttime temperatures at 75°F reduced stress responses and helped the heart work more efficiently during sleep. Hot nights usually force the heart to work harder, interfering with recovery. As climate change drives warmer nights, this small adjustment could make a big difference.
  
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• Racist Attitudes Predict Increased Mental Distress Over Time

  11-02-2026 11:57 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PsyPostNew research published in the journal Comprehensive Psychiatry challenges the common belief that mental illness is a primary driver of racist attitudes. The findings suggest that the relationship actually works in the opposite direction, with prejudiced beliefs predicting an increase in psychological distress over time. The study also documented that a lack of social connection is correlated with both prejudice and mental health struggles.
  
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• Trump Administration Takes Down Rainbow Flag at Stonewall Monument

  11-02-2026 11:56 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PBS News HourThe Trump administration has stopped flying a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument, angering activists who see the move as a swipe at the country's first national monument to LGBTQ+ history. The multicolored flag was quietly removed in recent days from a flagpole on the National Park Service-run site across the street from the Stonewall Inn, the gay bar where patrons' rebellion against a police raid helped launch the modern LGBTQ+...
  
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• Poll Reveals Depth of Americans' Gloom About the Future

  11-02-2026 11:56 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PBS News HourIn 2025, only 59% of Americans gave high ratings when asked to evaluate how good their life will be in about five years—the lowest annual measure since Gallup began asking this question almost 20 years ago. When Americans are feeling good about the present, they usually tend to feel optimistic about the future. But the most recent measures show not only a decline in life satisfaction over the past decade, but that future optimism has dropped...
  
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• Physical Distance Affects Moral Choices in Sacrificial Dilemmas

  11-02-2026 11:56 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PsyPostWhen people are physically near to someone who could be harmed, they're less willing to sacrifice that person for the greater good, according to a study in Cognition & Emotion. Research on moral dilemmas such as the trolley and footbridge problems shows that people often reject utilitarian solutions when harm requires direct physical contact, suggesting that emotional reactions affect moral choices. Now, evidence suggests that physical proximity...
  
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• New Study Explores the Role of Power in the Bedroom

  11-02-2026 11:56 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PsyPostA new study suggests that having a sense of power in a relationship promotes sexual assertiveness, while perceiving a partner as powerful fosters a willingness to accommodate their needs. The findings, published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin and based on data from roughly 1,000 participants, indicate that the most satisfying interactions appear to occur when both individuals feel they have influence within the relationship.
  
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• Chile Launches Latin America's First Generative AI Model

  11-02-2026 11:55 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsAfter nearly three years of development, Chile has officially launched Latam-GPT, an open-source artificial intelligence model built with data from Latin America to reflect the region's culture and history. "I am Latam-GPT, a large language model developed specifically for Latin America, with emphasis on its culture, language, history and social realities," the platform said in its self-introduction on Tuesday. The model was trained on 230...
  
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