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• Judge Blocks Texas A&M's Drag Show Ban

  31-03-2025 11:20 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsA federal judge has blocked the Texas A&M University System from enforcing a drag show ban, handing a victory to an LGBTQ+ student group. The lawsuit was filed by the Texas A&M Queer Empowerment Council after the university system's Board of Regents voted to ban drag shows because they "likely create or contribute to a hostile environment for women... as these events often involve unwelcome and objectively offensive conduct based on sex."
  
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• FantasySpin Partners with Birches Health to Enhance Responsible Gaming Initiatives

  13-05-2025 14:38 via pr.com
  FantasySpin, the leading gamified Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) platform, today announced a comprehensive partnership with Birches Health, a leading national provider of responsible gaming resources and problem gambling support services, to enhance and expand its responsible gaming initiatives.This strategic collaboration will introduce advanced player protection measures across FantasySpin's platform, which offers both [PR.com]
  
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• White South Africans Arrive in U.S. After Trump Grants Refugee Status

  13-05-2025 13:53 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google NewsThe first group of White South Africans granted refugee status by Donald Trump's administration has arrived in the U.S., stirring controversy in South Africa as President Trump declared the Afrikaners victims of a "genocide." The Afrikaners, a minority descended from mainly Dutch colonists, were met at Dulles international airport outside Washington, DC, by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, with many given U.S. flags to wave.
  
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• U.S. Stops Tracking Costs of Weather Disasters Fueled by Climate Change

  11-05-2025 13:33 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PBS ScienceThe U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will no longer track the cost of climate change-fueled weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, and wildfires. It is the latest example of the White House limiting government resources on climate change. NOAA falls under the U.S. Department of Commerce and is tasked with daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings, and climate monitoring. It is also parent to the National...
  
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• Ultra-Processed Foods May Accelerate Parkinson's Brain Changes

  11-05-2025 13:33 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthA large new study shows that consuming high amounts of ultra-processed foods may be linked to early indicators of Parkinson's disease. The research, published in the journal Neurology, tracked over 42,000 adults for up to 26 years, finding that those eating 11 or more daily servings of ultra-processed foods were 2.5 times more likely to show multiple early Parkinson's symptoms. These signs included sleep issues, reduced sense of smell,...
  
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• FDA Will Be "Aggressive" in Adopting Artificial Intelligence in Its Labs

  11-05-2025 13:33 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday an aggressive artificial intelligence adoption timeline, as well as a new AI tool to help scientists spend less time on repetitive tasks that slow the review process. The announcement came in statement about "an aggressive timeline to scale use of artificial intelligence internally across all FDA centers by June 30, 2025, following the completion of a new generative AI pilot for scientific...
  
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• U.S. Military to Start Removing 1,000 Transgender Service Members

  10-05-2025 12:20 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsThe Pentagon will begin immediately removing 1,000 transgender service members from the military, according to a memo issued Thursday, after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration's ban on transgender soldiers. The memo states that service members who suffer from gender dysphoria or have a history with the condition may choose to separate from the military voluntarily in the next month or two, after which the military will...
  
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• Pope Leo XIV Outlines His Vision in First Formal Audience

  10-05-2025 12:20 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: CBS News - World NewsPope Leo XIV laid out the vision of his papacy Saturday, identifying artificial intelligence as one of the most critical matters facing humanity and vowing to continue core priorities of Pope Francis. In his first formal audience with the cardinals who elected him two days ago, Leo repeatedly cited Francis and the former pope's 2013 mission statement, committing the Catholic Church to be a more inclusive church that looks out for the "least and...
  
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• Pentagon Orders Military Libraries to Remove Books About Diversity

  10-05-2025 12:20 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsThe Pentagon has ordered senior military leaders to pull and review library books from educational institutions that address diversity, anti-racism or gender issues. The Department of Defense on Friday issued a six-page memo "to identify library materials that may conflict with our core mission. The Department's instructional materials should be mission-focused and not promote divisive concepts and gender ideology."
  
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• Measure of Pulse Rate Predicts Cognitive Decline in Older Adults

  10-05-2025 12:20 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top HealthHeartbeats exhibit variation as they adjust to tiny changes in the body and environment. Researchers have applied a new way to measure the complexity of pulse rates, using data collected through wearable pulse oximetry devices. The new method, published in Journal of the American Heart Association, provides a more detailed peek into heart health than traditional measures, uncovering a link between reduced complexity and future cognitive decline.
  
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• Voices of Lived Experience with Mental Illness Featured at Clubhouse International World Seminar 2025

  09-05-2025 09:00 via pr.com
  Clubhouse International, a global organization working to end social and economic isolation for people with mental illness, is hosting the Clubhouse International World Seminar 2025 from May 9 - 14 in Florida, USA. The World Seminar is the flagship training and networking event for the global Clubhouse community, distinguished by its focus on elevating the voices of those with lived experience at the heart of the program. [PR.com]
  
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• Forgive and forget? Both sides must be accountable after a family fallout

  08-05-2025 21:17
  
  Prince Harry and King Charles will need to put past grievances to one side if they are to move on from their estrangement, experts sayFor most families, fallouts and squabbles are a regular occurrence. But what happens when those rifts deepen to an estrangement, such as appears to have beset the royal family and the Beckhams, and how can relationships be rebuilt?According to the following psychologists and psychotherapists, family reconciliation requires both sides taking accountability for thei
  
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• Chris Gathercole obituary

  08-05-2025 18:49
  
  My father, Chris Gathercole, who has died aged 87, was a pioneering clinical psychologist. He was an advocate for people with learning disabilities being involved in decisions about themselves and for them to be independent.He worked at large hospitals in Glasgow, Liverpool, North Wales and Lancashire, where he introduced innovative American concepts such as “social role valorisation”. The idea behind it was to improve the lives of those with disabilities, emphasising the importance
  
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• ‘An optimal state of consciousness’: is flow the secret to happiness?

  08-05-2025 18:00
  
  It can happen when doing ‘just about anything’ – experts share how to get ‘in the zone’, and what can pull you outWhat is the secret to happiness? In a 2004 Ted Talk, psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi boldly claimed to have the answer: flow.Flow is the experience of being completely absorbed in a particular task. Sometimes we call it being “in the zone”. Csikszentmihalyi described it in his Ted Talk as an “effortless, spontaneous feeling”
  
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• White House Launches Anti-Semitism Probe Into University of Washington

  08-05-2025 07:27 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsThe Trump administration launched a review into recently alleged anti-Semitic activity at the University of Washington and its affiliated campuses. Government officials announced the probe a day after roughly 30 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested at the school's Seattle campus when they occupied an engineering building and demanded the university sever its ties with Boeing, which donated $10 million for the building in 2022.
  
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• Want to Know Your Alzheimer's Risk? Many People Don't

  08-05-2025 07:27 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthNew research reveals a gap between people's stated desire to know their Alzheimer's disease risk and their real-life decisions when results are actually offered. In a study published in JAMA Network Open, only 60% of participants chose to learn their estimated risk when given the chance, despite 81% expressing prior interest. The main reasons for declining to know included concerns about anxiety, burden on family, and the lack of effective...
  
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• Teen Mental Health: When to Seek Help and What Parents Can Do

  08-05-2025 07:27 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: BBC News - UK NewsThere are biological reasons why certain mental health problems, such as anxiety and depression, are common in adolescence. For example, emotional reactions are intensified by hormones and changes to the internal body clock that affects sleep patterns. So, when should teens and parents regard emotions and behavior as normal, and when should they consider seeking professional help? Mental health experts weigh in with useful advice.
  
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• Climate Change: The Future of Today's Young People

  08-05-2025 07:27 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science DailyClimate research suggests that millions of today's young people will live through unprecedented lifetime exposure to heatwaves, crop failures, river floods, droughts, wildfires, and tropical storms under current climate policies. If global temperatures rise by 3.5 C by 2100, 92% of children born in 2020 will experience unprecedented heatwave exposure. Meeting the Paris Agreement's 1.5 C target could protect millions of them from this risk.
  
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• Surviving 200 snake bites, decoding ancient scrolls and the countries ‘flourishing’ – podcast

  08-05-2025 06:00
  
  Science correspondent Hannah Devlin joins Ian Sample to discuss three intriguing science stories from the week, from a global study that puts the UK third from bottom when it comes to flourishing, to a man who intentionally suffered more than 200 snake bites in the quest to find a universal antivenom and a breakthrough in the quest to understand the contents of the charred Herculaneum scrolls buried when Mount Vesuvius eruptedUK among lowest-ranked countries for ‘human flourishing’ i
  
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• RESCUE® Partners with WholeSchool Mindfulness to Support Student Well-Being and Mindfulness Education

  07-05-2025 22:59 via pr.com
  
  Today, on National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day, RESCUE®, a leading brand in natural stress and emotional support, is proud to announce a new charitable partnership with WholeSchool Mindfulness, a nonprofit organization committed to transforming education through the power of mindfulness. As part of this partnership, RESCUE will make a monetary donation to fund the integration of a Mindfulness Director [PR.com]
  
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• Chronic pain sent Jabez into a spiral of despair. Behaviour therapy brought her back

  06-05-2025 17:00
  A new study has found that helping sufferers manage their emotions lessens their experience of chronic painWhen Jabez Allies developed chronic lower back pain 10 years ago, her doctor sent her to the physio, who recommended different types of stretching and exercises – some that helped, some that didn’t help at all – as well as hot-water bottles and painkillers.But as the pain got progressively worse every year, so too did Allies’ feelings of being overwhelmed – fru
  
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• Davenport Psychology Welcomes Dr. Allyson Fellows, Psy.D., to Sarasota and Venice Offices

  06-05-2025 15:48 via pr.com
  
  Davenport Psychology welcomes Dr. Allyson Fellows, Psy.D., to their Sarasota and Venice offices. Dr. Fellows brings six years of experience in Women's Mental Health, Trauma Recovery, and LGBTQ+ Affirmative Therapy. She creates a warm, nonjudgmental space for clients, using evidence-based practices like CBT and trauma-focused interventions. Dr. Fellows is dedicated to fostering resilience, growth, and self-compassion. [PR.com]
  
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• In a culture obsessed with positive thinking, can letting go be a radical act? | Nadine Levy

  04-05-2025 17:00
  
  Beyond self-help mantras like ‘Let them’, radical acceptance shows us the value in learning how to truly accept life just the way it isHave you ever been in the middle of difficult life circumstances to be told “let it go” or “don’t dwell on it” as if it were a simple choice?Such advice can have the effect of minimising our distress and abruptly changing the subject. Yet it is not the phrases themselves that are troubling – there is real substance
  
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• Forget Swedish death cleaning, letting go is hard – even when it’s just a jacket | Nova Weetman

  03-05-2025 22:00
  
  It would now be easier for us if Dad had sorted things before he died but the process of emptying his house allowed me to see him differentlyGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailI was browsing in a recycled clothing shop recently when I started talking to a woman who was holidaying in Melbourne. She wanted my opinion on a brightly coloured jacket she was eyeing. Laughing because I was in my usual uniform of whatever black clothes were clean, I told her it looked great and urged her to buy
  
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• Researchers Use Linguistics to Measure the Personality of AI Models

  03-05-2025 17:29 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top SocietyLarge language models are at the forefront of artificial intelligence and have been widely used for conversational interactions. However, assessing the personality of a given model remains challenging. Now, researchers in Hong Kong have developed an AI-driven assessment system, the Language Model Linguistic Personality Assessment (LMLPA), to measure the personality traits of AI models through linguistic analysis.
  
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• Mindfulness Therapy Reduces Opioid Craving and Addiction, Study Finds

  03-05-2025 17:29 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top HealthResearchers have found that Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) can help rewire the brain's response to natural healthy pleasure, leading to improved mood, greater attention to positive experiences, and reduced opioid cravings. The findings, published on April 30, 2025 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, suggest that this evidence-based therapy may be a promising tool in the fight against opioid use disorder.
  
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• Win for Maine As USDA Agrees to Halt School Funding Freeze

  03-05-2025 17:19 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthThe Trump administration has agreed not to freeze funds to Maine schools—a win for a state that was targeted by the president over its support of transgender rights. In a settlement disclosed Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it would not withhold funds for a child nutrition program that reportedly helps feed 172,000 children. The USDA had suspended those dollars after Maine refused to ban trans girls from participating in girls'...
  
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• White House Orders NIH to Research Trans "Regret" and "Detransition"

  03-05-2025 17:19 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: APA PsycPORT™: Psychology NewswireThe Trump administration has ordered the National Institutes of Health to study the physical and mental health effects of gender transitions, according to an internal NIH memo. The memo is from acting NIH Director Mark Memoli and says the NIH must study the impact of "social transition and/or chemical and surgical mutilation" among children who transition. The White House also wants studies on "regret" and "detransition" among people who have...
  
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• Center for Hearing and Communication (CHC) Celebrates 30th Annual International Noise Awareness Day, April 30, 2025, with New Insights on Noise, Hearing and Health

  02-05-2025 21:32 via pr.com
  
  Founded by CHC in 1996, International Noise Awareness Day raises global awareness about the harmful effects of noise on hearing, health, and quality of life. Over 50 countries are expected to take part today with educational programs, hearing screenings and classroom activities. CHC is launching New Insights on Noise, Hearing, and Health with new videos featuring leading noise experts Dr. Richard Neitzel, PhD, MS, CIH, [PR.com]
  
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• MindScape Retreat Releases Landmark Case Study Showing 70% Average Symptom Improvement in Parkinson’s Patients Following Ibogaine Treatment in Mexico

  02-05-2025 19:43 via pr.com
  
  MindScape Retreat in Cozumel, Mexico has released a groundbreaking case study showing a 70% average improvement in Parkinson’s symptoms following a 14-day ibogaine therapy program. Among 30 patients, 52% symptom relief was seen by Day 4, with further gains by Day 14. A quarter of participants who continued microdosing post-retreat maintained or improved results. The therapy, using Ibogaine HCl and TA, showed strong [PR.com]
  
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