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An apology to Indigenous communities sparks a mental health rethink

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Earlier this year, the leading psychological association in the United States apologized to the country’s Indigenous people and communities for directly and indirectly supporting centuries of abusive assimilation efforts. Those efforts included pushing Indigenous people off their lands and separating children from their families for placement in boarding schools.

The harms of these practices to Indigenous communities are ongoing, the American Psychological Association acknowledged in a report released in February. For instance, culturally inappropriate mental health diagnoses and treatments have

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New influencer trend could prompt mental health crises, suicide as users tune into ‘fake life’: Tech Founder

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Artificial intelligence-powered social media influencers are created to look like perfect people living the perfect life, which could damage younger users’ mental health, a technology strategist told Fox News. 

Just like their human counterparts, AI influencers are online personalities that use their platforms to endorse brands and sell products. The catch is they’re completely computer-generated. 

“A young boy who’s seeing perfection like a blond, beautiful, artificial influencer is not going to be able to function properly in the world meeting

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How Summer Camps Are Dealing With Mental Health

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Heather Klein was in her cabin at Camp Nah-Jee-Wah, nursing her first iced tea of the morning, when a photograph arrived on her phone and she drew a deep, sudden breath.

Ms. Klein, the mental-health coordinator for a network of sleep-away camps, has a morning routine: responding to queries from anxious parents, who have looked at the photographs posted online the night before. Why does my child look sad? they want to know. Where are their friends?

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Matt Le Tissier claims his family thought he had ‘mental health issues’ because of his views on the Covid pandemic… but they now realise he ‘wasn’t mad and was talking a lot of sense’

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Matthew Le Tisser has claimed that his family and close friends thought he had ‘mental health issues’ over his controversial views during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Southampton legend was an outspoken figure throughout the pandemic, regularly making headlines with his viewpoints on social media and in interviews. 

Among his claims were that PCR tests ‘were the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on mankind’, dying Covid patients in Italy ‘were actors’ and that the government’s interference in people’s lives during lockdown was

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Angus Cloud’s Mental Health and Addiction Quotes Before His Death

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Angus Cloud candidly spoke about his struggles with addiction and mental health before his tragic death.

Cloud’s family announced that the actor had died in July 2023 one week after losing his father. He was 25 years old.

“It is with the heaviest heart that we had to say goodbye to an incredible human today. As an artist, a friend, a brother and a son, Angus was special to all of us in so many ways,” a statement

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Brittney Griner away from road-tripping Mercury due to mental health reasons

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Brittney Griner will not travel with the Phoenix Mercury for their next two games to focus on her mental health, the organization said Saturday.

The All-Star center returned to the WNBA this year after her release from a Russian prison. She was arrested and jailed over a drug charge in Russia that resulted in the U.S. conducting a prisoner swap for her. Convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout was sent back to Russia as part of the deal.

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HEALTH NOTES: Bogus online profiles damage mental health

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HEALTH NOTES: Bogus online profiles damage mental health

By Mail on Sunday Reporter

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Only a quarter of Britons say that their social media profiles portray a true reflection of themselves.

Experts have long warned that the doctored selfies posted to Instagram, TikTok and others harm mental health as they promote unrealistic lifestyles.

Now a survey of 2,000 social media users aged 18 to 65, by drinks brand G’Vine, has revealed that

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EU lawmaker points to mental health risks for online services’ addictive design – EURACTIV.com

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A European Parliament draft report about online services’ addictive design paints a damning picture of the mental health consequences of excessive screen time and calls for new EU rules to address the problem.

Addictive design, which refers to capturing users’ attention so they spend as much time on platforms as possible, has been on the radar of the EU for a while. Last year, as EURACTIV reported, the European Parliament’s Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) was preparing

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NYC to shelter 1,000 migrants in mental hospital parking lot

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  • New York City plans to shelter up to 1,000 migrants in the parking lot of Creedmoor Psychiatric Hospital in Queens.
  • The temporary facility will exclusively house adult men.
  • “New York City continues to receive thousands of asylum seekers each week, and we have stepped up and led the nation, but this national crisis should not fall on cities alone to navigate,” Democratic Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement. “We need a national solution here.”

New York City will set

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