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• Oxylon Wellness Announces Grand Opening Event & Partnership with RennerVation Foundation

  12-02-2026 20:56 via pr.com
  Oxylon Wellness will officially launch on March 24, 2026, celebrating its mission to advance oxygen-based wellness while announcing a philanthropic partnership with Jeremy Renner’s RennerVation Foundation to support and empower youth. [PR.com]
  
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• U.S. Report Finds Children With Mental Health Diagnoses Often Incarcerated

  12-02-2026 10:52 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: NPRA new bipartisan report from Congress has raised the alarm about children with mental health conditions being held in juvenile detention, rather than getting treatment. "Prolonged Incarceration of Children Due to Mental Health Care Shortages," released Thursday, found that dozens of juvenile detention centers in 25 states reported holding children weeks or months as they awaited space at long-term psychiatric treatment facilities.
  
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• Depression and Other Disorders May Share Common Genetic Roots

  12-02-2026 10:51 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: APA PsycPORT™: Psychology NewswirePsychiatric disorders can share common genetic influences, which means parts of DNA can be at the root of more than one mental condition, new research has found. The study, based on DNA data from 6 million people and published in Nature, could explain why many mental health conditions occur together. "By uncovering shared genetic roots, we can start thinking about treatments that target multiple disorders," said one of the authors in a press...
  
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• Trump Orders Pentagon to Buy Electricity Generated by Coal

  12-02-2026 10:45 via socialpsychology.org
  Source:Al JazeeraU.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to buy electricity generated by coal—his latest effort to boost demand for the fossil fuel amid its declining cost competitiveness and climate change concerns. In an executive order signed on Wednesday, Trump directed the U.S. Department of Defense to enter into long-term purchase agreements with coal-fired plants and prioritize the "preservation and strategic utilization" of "coal-based...
  
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• Dissociation Is Not the Coping Mechanism It's Assumed to Be

  12-02-2026 10:45 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Association for Psychological SciencePeople often use the term "dissociating" to mean zoning out or distracting oneself from the troubles of the world or their personal situation—a coping mechanism useful in times of stress. But to psychological scientists, dissociating refers to something more extreme. Most adults experience little to no dissociation, but it's frequently reported in clinical populations, according to an upcoming journal article in Clinical Psychological Science.
  
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• Vance Deleted Message Referring to "Armenian Genocide." Here's Why.

  12-02-2026 10:37 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PBS News HourU.S. Vice President JD Vance's team posted and then deleted a message on social media about the Republican's visit to a memorial paying tribute to early 20th century Armenians killed by the Ottoman Empire. The issue was the post using the term "Armenian genocide," a designation the U.S. government historically has not used for what happened—except for the Biden administration. The White House blamed the post on a staff mistake.
  
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• Instagram CEO Denies Social Media App Can Be "Clinically Addictive"

  12-02-2026 10:37 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthAdam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, testified Wednesday that he does not think users can be "clinically addicted" to the social media app. Mosseri is the first executive to testify in the landmark social media addiction trial against YouTube and Instagram parent company Meta in a suit brought by a now 20-year-old woman who alleges the companies intentionally developed addictive features to hook young users, which she claims harmed her mental...
  
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