Before her senior year of high school started, Simran Tarigopula had published a book.  It’s called “Simple Shifts: 20 Ways to Cultivate a Positive Mind,” and it’s her way of connecting — through the mental health challenges she’s experienced — with peers who are facing the same struggles.  Sadness, depression, fear, anxiety, perfectionism, anger, overwhelm — Simran says she’s felt them all and found an outlet to cope through writing and reaching out to others.  “My struggles and the isolation I felt really made me want to be an advocate for mental health,” Simran says. “My loneliness is what really

An analysis of hospital records combined with data from the Care Register for Health Care in Finland showed that individuals with high levels of psychopathic traits had a 9.3 times higher risk of developing schizophrenia compared to individuals with low levels of these traits. Individuals classified as psychopathic were 2.37 times more likely to develop schizophrenia compared to their non-psychopathic peers. The research was published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Psychopathic traits are a constellation of personality characteristics involving shallow emotional experience, reduced empathy, and limited remorse for harming others. Individuals high in these traits tend to show callousness, emotional detachment,

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A man was taken to the hospital for a mental health evaluation after a tense standoff with police on Park Avenue near Rowley Street. The day’s major News events, business reports, sports updates, Rochester area weather information and tomorrow’s forecast are presented by the News10NBC Team. Officers responded to a report of a suicidal man with a knife at around 9:45 p.m. last night. Police found a man in his 30s holding an 8-inch knife and a liquor bottle. Police said he refused to drop the knife, prompting officers to use force to disarm him and take

Men’s Counselling Service, a therapist-founded national platform, aims to make private therapy more accessible to men locally and across the country. The online service facilitates both in-person and online appointments by connecting men with qualified therapist members. All therapists listed on the directory are fully accredited through Professional Standards Authority-approved registers including BACP, UKCP and NCPS. The platform was launched to help address the United Kingdom’s epidemic of poor male mental health. According to NHS England’s Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, around one in six men (15 per cent) in England have a clinical mental health condition. Data shared with The

A private mental health unit where patients were given out of date medication and a distressed woman was told by staff to “stop crying” has been ordered to improve. Cygnet Kenney House, on Wester Hill Road, Oldham, Greater Manchester, was given the warning by health watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC), for failing to meet regulations related to safe care. Inspectors found problems with staffing levels, responsiveness to incidents and the management of medicines. A Cygnet Kenney House spokeswoman said after the visit in September, it had put a “comprehensive” improvement plan in place. During their visit the CQC inspectors

A private mental health unit where patients were given out of date medication and a distressed woman was told by staff to “stop crying” has been ordered to improve. Cygnet Kenney House, on Wester Hill Road, Oldham, Greater Manchester, was given the warning by health watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC), for failing to meet regulations related to safe care. Inspectors found problems with staffing levels, responsiveness to incidents and the management of medicines. A Cygnet Kenney House spokeswoman said after the visit in September, it had put a “comprehensive” improvement plan in place. During their visit the CQC inspectors

Patients on the Harben ward, a high dependency rehabilitation ward for women with seven patients, told inspectors they “did not feel safe” and that staff “seemed too busy to talk”. Staff responses to patients “were not always helpful”, they said, with one employee recorded as telling a distressed patient “stop crying, you are making me sad”. In the Baldock ward, which provides acute treatment to up to 16 women, and the 12-bed Billington ward, staff were not keeping track of food and fluid intake properly, and some were put on observation shifts for longer than recommended. Two of the seven

Perhaps in light of Araujo’s situation, Flick has called on Barcelona to sign a defender in January. The Catalan outfit have conceded 20 goals in 18 La Liga matches this season, more than any other team in the top seven. Plus, they have shipped 11 goals in their six Champions League games this term.  When asked if he wanted to bolster his squad, the German said: “We are not ready at the moment , but when you see the last line, the position with the full-backs and the centre-backs, maybe we need one more player. We have

Editorial: Oregon mental health care needs improvement Published 7:12 am Wednesday, December 31, 2025 Last year, around this time, legislators discussed what bills might come up and the challenges Oregon faces in health care. One area of particular concern was behavioral health. This year, legislators are again discussing what bills might come up and the challenges the state faces in health care. One area of particular concern, again, is behavioral health. Let’s start with the Oregon State Hospital. It houses patients that can need the most help. Many of them have been charged with crimes and struggle with severe mental

Viktoria, a young woman of Ukrainian descent, was living in Poland when she consulted ChatGPT for mental health support. Instead of receiving support or encouragement, the AI-generated “therapist” validated her thoughts of self-harm and suggested ways that she could kill herself. The bot allegedly dismissed the value of her human relationships and even drafted a suicide note. Fortunately, Viktoria showed the messages to her mother, who reported them to OpenAI in the summer of 2025. The company responded that this was a “violation of their safety standards.” Other young people weren’t so lucky. There are currently multiple lawsuits filed against

By Sunita Sohrabji | PORTLAND, Me. – Physical violence and verbal abuse are the norm for many transgender youths. This week, as news emerges that 28-year Audrey Hale — who killed six people, including three 9-year-old students at Nashville, Tennessee’s Covenant School — was transgender, the LGBTQIA community fears it will be targeted for retaliatory attacks. Susan Maasch, director of the Trans Youth Equality Foundation in Portland, Maine, told Ethnic Media Services: “We were called yesterday by a man who was screaming at us. ‘What are you going to do with your donations? Are you going to use them to

Until a friend casually mentioned trying creatine this past spring, I hadn’t thought much about it — it was stuff I’d long associated with meatheads and a minor scandal involving my high school football team. Then, suddenly, it was everywhere, being talked up by every fitness influencer, mental health guru and powder peddler on the internet. This is how it usually goes with the wellness industry, that ever-growing multibillion-dollar complex of businesses pushing supplements, remedies and no small amount of snake oil to a health-obsessed swath of society. A vaguely medicinal-sounding powder, pill, or gummy shows up in your TikTok

Ameilia Boodoosingh Gopie didn’t expect the deep depression after the birth of her first daughter in August 2022. In the months that followed, Gopie struggled to get out of bed and couldn’t spend time with her daughter. Her husband was essentially “a single dad for eight months,” she said. Routine appointments fell by the wayside.  After nearly a year, Gopie finally began to feel better. She was determined to make up for lost time. She took her daughter to visit family in New York, Canada and Trinidad. Soon, her daughter was walking and talking. Gopie was so distracted by “getting

I begged my sister and my husband, Pete, to get help. With my mental health in a rapid downward spiral, the NHS crisis team became involved. The shame and fear that came with this was intense. Shame of how I could let this happen to me. And the fear I would be locked up in a hospital indefinitely. I was diagnosed with postnatal depression and the start of postpartum psychosis, which luckily the crisis team caught early. A psychiatrist came to assess me and prescribed strong medication to halt the delusional beliefs and help me sleep, but my brain was

Family photos and hospital records of Quincy Jackson III, gathered by his mother, Tyeesha Ferguson. The mental health system makes it “easier to criminalize somebody than to get them help,” she says. “He’s not a throwaway child.” Meg Vogel for The Marshall Project and KFF Health News hide caption toggle caption Meg Vogel for The Marshall Project and KFF Health News SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Tyeesha Ferguson fears her 28-year-old son will kill or be killed. “That’s what I’m trying to avoid,” said Ferguson, who still calls Quincy Jackson III her baby. She remembers a boy who dressed himself in three-piece

Almost 1,000 callers have reached out to the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) during the 2025 holiday season. In a statement on Saturday, the Department of Health (DOH) said that 961 calls were received by the DOH Mental Health Hotline from December 21, 2025 to January 2, 2026.  The call volume peaked on December 30, 2025.  Anxiety, depression symptoms, and love relationships were among the topics addressed in the calls. “Magpapatuloy naman ang surveillance ng kagawaran hanggang January 5 at mananatiling bukas ang mga mental health hotlines,” the statement read. (The department’s surveillance will continue until January 5 and

Just a handful of years ago, Elizabeth Wise had no idea that she’d grow such a passion for horses, but she’s now starting 2026 as a newly licensed clinical mental health counselor specializing in equine therapy at Walk With Me Healing Steps, a Conover-based nonprofit. Walk With Me Healing Steps, located at 4170 LB Propst Drive in Conover, has a mission to provide equine-assisted and nature-based mental health and wellness services. Founder Jennifer Brandy started the organization in 2017. Wise first got involved with the organization a few years ago when a woman who was babysitting her son at the

Psychiatry’s abysmal record has been acknowledged by the then National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) director in 2011 (“Whatever we’ve been doing for five decades, it ain’t working”), and again by the New York Times in 2021 (“Almost every measure of our collective mental health—rates of suicide, anxiety, depression . . . went the wrong direction, even as access to services expanded greatly”). Despite treatment outcome failure, psychiatry continues to grow in influence because it enables the social order—the megamachine—which in turn rewards psychiatry with status. What do I mean by the terms megamachine, rightwing bigotry, and progressive bigotry? The

In the coming academic year, the University of North Carolina System plans to train around 400 future K-12 educators in Youth Mental Health First Aid. The UNC system launched a training initiative in 2021, focused on recognizing and responding to mental health concerns in adults. Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Suzie Baker says the system wants to address these issues earlier. Youth-specific mental health training will be part of the curriculum for teacher and principal preparation programs. “If we’re able to get those folks who are often the first port of call for a student who’s struggling, to have

PADUCAH — As people around the nation set their New Year’s Resolutions, a local mental health expert said that having goals — big or small — along with self-discipline is beneficial not only for physical health but also for mental well-being. Sarah Trover, the Vice President of Clinical Services at Four Rivers Behavioral Health, said having a set of goals gives people a sense of purpose and direction for how they want to view their future. “It is a growth mindset, so you really look at progress instead of perfection, and you want to set those goals to where you have

BBC Jamie Dewar spent more than 20 years in London before moving to the island Moving to the Isle of Man from London has helped a man work through significant mental health challenges, with the help of a local support group. Jamie Dewar, originally from Fife in Scotland, lived in London for 23 years before coming to Manx shores a year ago. The 60-year-old said he had suffered with depression and anxiety “for decades” and in the past had self medicated with drugs and alcohol. But he said the island’s scenery and pace had helped him, alongside the charity Ed

Allegheny County will use a controversial legal tool for involuntary mental health care in the community starting Jan. 1, according to a letter county officials sent Tuesday to the state’s Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. Called assisted outpatient treatment (AOT), it’s a law that no other Pennsylvania county has been able to successfully implement since state lawmakers voted for it in 2018. The county developed its AOT plan based on research evidence, advice from local and national experts, and collaboration with partners across county government, wrote Erin Dalton, director of the county’s Department of Human Services, in

Auckland University of Technology Associate Professor Dianne Wepa’s research found that mental health in the health workforce is influenced by how workplace cultures either promote or hinder psychological safety Mental health in the health workforce is shaped not only by registration processes but also by how everyday workplace cultures enable or undermine psychological safety. A different angle on recent discussions of regulatory barriers is to focus on “compassionate systems” that embed mental health support into the design of health services, rather than placing the responsibility solely on individual resilience. health+1 Reframing the problem Health workers across professions report high rates

But the laws, all passed this year, don’t fully address the fast-changing landscape of AI software development. And app developers, policymakers and mental health advocates say the resulting patchwork of state laws isn’t enough to protect users or hold the creators of harmful technology accountable. “The reality is millions of people are using these tools and they’re not going back,” said Karin Andrea Stephan, CEO and co-founder of the mental health chatbot app Earkick. The state laws take different approaches. Illinois and Nevada have banned the use of AI to treat mental health. Utah placed certain limits on therapy chatbots,

NORTHPORT, NY — Adam Silverstein was spending time on the apps the way many people in their 20s do — scrolling, reading, watching what rises to the top — when he started noticing something that didn’t sit right. The posts that traveled fastest across his feed didn’t always bring people together. Often, he said, the comment sections turned into battlegrounds. Silverstein, 27, a Northport native and Northport High School Class of 2016 graduate, said that pattern — along with what he described as widespread loneliness — pushed him to start The Reminder Project, a social-media initiative built around one idea