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Paul Korte, Ph.D.
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Clinical Psychologist advocating for better health and well-being with expertise in health psychology, integrated healthcare, addictions, and rural health.
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Republicans’ Latest Gambit to Deny Rural Veterans Health Care barnraisingmedia.com/republicans-...
Republicans’ Latest Gambit to Deny Rural Veterans Health Care
A new bill would construct an alternative referral system that would incrementally defund and dismantle rural VA services, leaving rural veterans in the lurch.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Health advisory: Use of generative AI chatbots and wellness applications for mental health
Recommendations to ensure consumer safety and well-being when using chatbots and apps to address unmet mental health needs
www.apa.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
Got 3 minutes? This habit may help boost hope and reduce stress
Social media can push us to the dark side, with negative content. A new study finds watching inspiring videos for just 3 minutes a day is on par with meditation for boosting mood and reducing stress.
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November 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Challenge yourself in identifying misinformation:

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Mind Over Misinformation
Interactive learning modules to help people recognize and resist misinformation using psychological science.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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www.huffpost.com/entry/us-nat...
The U.S. Is Experiencing This Psychological Phenomenon — And It Explains Why So Many Of Us Feel Miserable
Sound familiar?
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September 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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theconversation.com/the-science-...
The science of defiance: A psychology researcher explains why people comply – and how to resist
You don’t need to be a rebel to defy. Defiance isn’t about personality, it’s a practice – one that’s becoming essential in workplaces, politics and everyday life.
theconversation.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Veterans’ Private Residential Treatment Must Match VA’s Quality and Cost
America manages a precarious two-tier system where vulnerable veterans can receive dramatically different care depending on the program. Exploitation flourishes when expectations are low.
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September 25, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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APA to Congress: Put psychology at the center of AI in health care
APA urged Congress to adopt human-centered legislation and oversight to ensure artificial intelligence in health care is safe, ethical, equitable, and grounded in psychological expertise.
www.apaservices.org
September 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Q&A: Hidden Challenges For Rural Students Attending Selective Colleges dailyyonder.com/qa-hidden-ch...
Q&A: Hidden Challenges For Rural Students Attending Selective Colleges | The Daily Yonder
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in Mile Markers, a twice monthly newsletter from Open Campus about the role of colleges in rural
dailyyonder.com
September 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Trump Is Breaking the Promise Our Nation Made to Military Veterans www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
Trump Is Breaking the Promise Our Nation Made to Military Veterans | Common Dreams
How the administration is dismantling and privatizing the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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August 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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A note from a former professor. STEM needs balance with History, Art, Literature, and Music.

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Letter to the Editor: STEM needs HALM – Muddy River News
STEM is the fad of the day. STEM is not bad. Science has done wonderful things for us. But STEM is only half of what it takes to live in fully human ways.
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August 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Private Veterans' Health Care Providers Skirt Tougher Standards washingtonmonthly.com/2025/08/08/v...
Private Veterans' Health Care Providers Skirt Tougher Standards | Washington Monthly
A 2018 law, the Mission Act, was supposed to ensure “quality” private veterans' health care. It hasn’t worked out that way.
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August 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Medicaid Cuts Are Likely to Worsen Mental Health Care in Rural America dailyyonder.com/medicaid-cut...
Medicaid Cuts Are Likely to Worsen Mental Health Care in Rural America | The Daily Yonder
This story was originally published by Stateline. Across the nation, Medicaid is the single largest payer for mental health care, and in rural America,
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August 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Wonderful convention! Always good to connect with friends/colleagues and share all the wonderful science and psychological pra time that is happening across the country!
August 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Privatizing Veterans’ Health Care Will Be a Disaster
Thousands of VA health care workers have been fired. Private-sector replacements will be worse.
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July 31, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Stanford University: Chatbots Are Contradicting Therapy Best Practice
In one example, OpenAI’s GPT-4o model gave a user who had said he had suffered a job loss a list of the tallest bridges in New York City.
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July 24, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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What to do when someone goes on the defensive | Psyche Guides
Our natural impulses often make matters worse. Here’s an approach that works, grounded in conflict resolution and psychology
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July 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Research: Suicide Rates Remain Higher in Rural Areas | The Daily Yonder
A new study has found that suicide rates in rural communities continues to be higher than those in urban areas, largely due to challenges with accessing
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July 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Protect the NIH Now! www.congressweb.com/SBM/2?framed...
Protect the NIH Now!
Funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is in danger: The administration has cut $2.7 billion appropriated by Congress in FY2025 for NIH research. President Donald Trump has proposed a 40%...
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July 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Urge Congress: Save Public Media
Save your local stations. Email your Members of Congress now!
protectmypublicmedia.org
June 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Tricking Veterans: Using Suicide and Mental Health Struggles as a Guise for Privatizing the VA
While attention remains focused on the looming crisis of Department of Veterans Affairs employees facing termination, an even more ominous threat to veterans' health care advances unnoticed through th...
www.military.com
June 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago

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Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
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May 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Want Efficiency? Fund the VA and Cut the Proven Waste in Privatized Veterans Care
Faithfully following orders from President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) office, VA Secretary Doug Collins has announced that he will soon fire tens of thousands of employe...
www.military.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Finding a therapist can be hard. 'Ghost networks' make the problem worse.
A controversial therapist directory started by 7 Cups recently caused an uproar.
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April 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Farmers face one of the highest rates of suicide. This social worker believes the solution is buried in their land
After seeing the farmer mental health crisis up close, Kaila Anderson developed new treatment techniques based on growers’ deep connection to the land
www.theguardian.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM