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When First Responders Grapple With Their Own Mental Health – Mother Jones

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Jones worked as an emergency medical technician in his late twenties. Courtesy of Randy Jones

This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

When Randy Jones got his start as an emergency medical technician in the 1970s, he wore a smock and a clip-on tie that reduced the chances a patient would grab hold and strangle him. With few job prospects in the tiny Kansas town where he grew up,

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How mindfulness-based training can give elite athletes a mental edge

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On yellow poster board, blue letters spell BELIEVE, a nod to the Emmy-winning TV show Ted Lasso. The sign hangs above psychologist Tommy Minkler’s office door at West Virginia University, a reminder to trust in the work he’s doing to help elite athletes.

In the show, Lasso, an American football coach, is recruited to head an English football team. His experience coaching American football, an utterly different game than soccer, leaves him lacking overseas, so he relies on his

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Blackburn terrorist: Brother of Faisal Akram blames ‘mental health struggles’ for shooter’s actions

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The brother of the 44-year-old British terrorist who was shot dead after taking four people hostage during a 10 hour siege inside a Texas synagogue has openly questioned how he was allowed into the United States with a criminal record, as two teenagers in Manchester have been arrested tonight in connection with the incident. 

The two teenagers, from South Manchester, are currently being quizzed by police over events that transpired more than 4,700 miles away in Colleyville, counter terror specialists

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Can psychedelics meet their potential as mental health treatments?

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Kanu Caplash was lying on a futon in a medical center in Connecticut, wearing an eye mask and listening to music. But his mind was far away, tunneling down through layer upon layer of his experiences. As part of a study of MDMA, a psychedelic drug also known as molly or ecstasy, Caplash was on an inner journey to try to ease his symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

On this particular trip, Caplash, now 22, returned to the locked bathroom

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Jason Sudeikis über “Take the Stigma Off” Mental Health in “Ted Lasso”

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Jason Sudeikis in der zweiten Staffel von “Ted Lasso”, die jetzt auf Apple TV+ gestreamt wird.

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„Weißt du, was das glücklichste Tier der Welt ist? Es ist ein Goldfisch. Es hat einen 10-Sekunden-Speicher. Sei ein Goldfisch.“

Wie Jason Sudeikis sagte in seiner Emmys-Rede, Ted Lasso dreht sich um Mentoren, Lehrer und Teamkollegen. Und wie das Publikum erkannt hat, ging es in der Apple+-Serie auch schon immer um das Bewusstsein für psychische Gesundheit.

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Ben Simmons sagt den 76ern, dass er mental noch nicht bereit ist zu spielen

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Ben Simmons sprach am Freitag mit Trainer Doc Rivers, seinem Teamkollegen Joel Embiid und dem Rest der 76ers und sagte, er sei mental nicht bereit zu spielen. entsprechend Der Athlet‘s Shams Charania.

Der dreimalige All-Star hat angeblich geäußert, dass er spielen möchte, aber noch nicht da ist. Charania berichtete, dass Simmons am Freitag vor dem Nets-Spiel beim Shootaround war und “im Team engagiert war”.

Die Nachricht kommt weniger als einen Tag, nachdem Teampräsident Daryl Morey klar gemacht hat,

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Gender-affirming care improves mental health for transgender youth

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Daniel’s birth certificate is marked “female,” but Daniel is nonbinary — not exclusively male nor female. “I’m masculine leaning,” says the 18-year-old.

The disconnect between Daniel’s gender identity and physical appearance, which was apparent to them around age 4, became unbearable during puberty. “I hated showers because I didn’t like looking at my body,” Daniel says. “I just felt really uncomfortable with the idea of being female.” At 13, Daniel came out to their mother as transgender, someone whose gender

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