Dear Gov. Newsom: Thanks for the new laws. Thanks for the new inspectors. Thanks, I guess, for trying, even a little. But — and isn’t there always a but? — it’s not working. And it’s maddening that the fraud and abuse still plaguing California’s addiction treatment industry aren’t being exposed by California’s regulators, or California’s … Read more
Most of them come from middle-class or low-income families, and see studying at Kota as a chance to break into elite institutions and realise promises of a career as a doctor or an engineer in a fiercely competitive job market. But the past decade has shed light on the dark underbelly of India’s cutthroat academic … Read more
A majority of Colorado voters say home ownership is only going to become less attainable, voicing broad concerns about the cost of living and the state’s broader affordability, according to results from a bipartisan poll released Tuesday. The poll, conducted for the Colorado Polling Institute Nov. 26-27 by a team of pollsters, also found a … Read more
Jepson says rates of anxiety and burnout are high among salon workers (a 2023 survey by L’Oréal Professionnel Paris found that 65 percent of hairstylists have experienced anxiety, burnout, or depression during their professional career) — and that’s before you add the pressure of providing mental-health support to their clients. “It’s stressful bleaching hair! It’s … Read more
Barbara Vassis keeps a spreadsheet to track her daughter’s years-long journey through Colorado’s patchwork mental health system. The sheet goes back 11 years, a third of Erin’s life. There are holes in the narrative: Her daughter is schizophrenic bipolar, Vassis said, and she’s moved around different parts of the country. Still, even incomplete, Vassis’ growing … Read more
HOUSTON — The apartment complex where Teresa Eddins now lives is so quiet that “you can hear a pin drop” at night, she says — a stark contrast to the constant noise she withstood while living beneath a bridge two years ago. She was one of the first people who moved into a former hotel in … Read more
Home Lifestyle What is Pantone’s Colour of the Year And Why It is Relevant? Here is How Colour Schemes May Affect Your Mental Health Pantone has announced Peach Fuzz has the colour of the year for 2024. Here is how colours also affect our mental health. What is Pantone’s Colour of the Year And Why … Read more
Teen gunman in Michigan school shooting sentenced to life in prison – CBS News Watch CBS News The now 17-year-old gunman who opened fire at Oxford High School in Michigan on November 2021, killing four people and wounding seven others, was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Be the first … Read more
Social media has become a central part of most of our lives, especially to get news in real time about everything from ongoing wars to frequent mass shootings. But Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at Harvard University and social scientist who studies happiness, thinks we should all use social media a lot less to improve … Read more
Clinician shortages, telehealth demand and GLP-1 treatment will require innovative technology solutions ST. LOUIS, Dec. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Three care access and operational challenges confronting traditional and digital healthcare delivery models will intensify in 2024, but can be alleviated by embracing disruptive technology and strategic telehealth partnerships that ease clinician burden and ensure patients … Read more
