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fromwww.theguardian.com
13 hours ago

She has stage four cancer. Her husband is a federal worker. Will she survive the Trump administration?

Michaela felt a sharp pain shoot from her hip while she bent over to water some plants in early May 2025. Then she fell over and couldn't get back up. Her husband called an ambulance and she spent the night in a hospital, where, at 57, she found out she had a mass on her spine. It was metastatic breast cancer.
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fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Cannabis and Complex Neuropsychiatric Treatment

Cannabis shows growing therapeutic promise for neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders, can reduce caregiver burden, and faces barriers from federal law, stigma, and funding.
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Growing Up with a Mentally Unwell Parent: Three Core Themes

As young carers, they felt disconnected from their parents' compromised behavior, and the heavy weight of coping with it by themselves. They at once loved and resented having to take care of them. One participant shared: "I hated to spend all the time caring for my father, accompanying him, having no 'me time'. I still loved him, enjoyed the closeness with him, never wanting to lose him, even if he was so dependent on me."
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