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The Second Year Can Be Worse: Bury Hospice Builds Grief Support That Stays

Bury Hospice's bereavement services — counselling, support groups, a walking group, and a creative group for grieving children — are built around an honest truth: the second year of grief can be worse than the first.

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Bury Hospice offering bereavement and wellbeing services — Bury Times, October 22, 2026

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Eight Sessions: The Therapy Trial That Eased Distress for Mothers Raising Children With Disabilities

A randomized trial of 80 mothers in Pakistan found eight weekly CBT sessions produced large reductions in depression, anxiety, and stress — and gains in life satisfaction and self-compassion — for mothers of children with intellectual disability.

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Eight Sessions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Eased Distress in Mothers of Children With Intellectual Disability — ScienMag, October 27, 2026, reporting BMC Psychology

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The Emergency Room Is Telling a Story About Young Mothers

A CMAJ study of more than two million Ontario females found substance-related emergency visits rose nearly 5 percent a year among mothers — and about 8 percent a year among mothers under 25 — with alcohol still the largest single driver.

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Substance-related emergency visits rising fastest among young mothers, Ontario study finds — ScienMag, October 27, 2026, reporting the Canadian Medical Association Journal

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Before the First Session: What Utah's Eating Disorder Therapists Do — and Don't — Tell You Up Front

A CX Research Institute comparison of seven Utah eating disorder therapy providers found only one publishes session rates, only one publicly accepts Medicaid, and level-of-care clarity varies widely — a transparency map for families choosing care.

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CX Research Institute Publishes Comparative Study of Seven Utah Eating Disorder Therapy Providers — CX Research Institute, October 26, 2026

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A Million Times Someone Answered: The Recovery App Where No Plea for Help Goes Unanswered

Sober Sidekick reported more than 1 million peer support engagements in the year ending in October, with an independent review finding members with five or more first-day peer interactions were about twice as likely to still be engaged a year later.

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Sober Sidekick Members Exchanged More Than 1 Million Peer Engagements of Support in the Past Year — EIN Presswire, October 26, 2026

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The Night Owl Depression: Scientists Identify a 'Circadian' Subtype of Depression

University of Sydney researchers identify a "circadian" subtype of depression affecting about one in four patients — one that responds better to light therapy and melatonin than standard antidepressants.

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Researchers identify 'circadian' subtype of depression — University of Sydney, Oct 21, 2026

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Thinking About Thinking: The Psychosis Therapy That Helps Most Where Insight Is Weakest

An individual-participant analysis of 614 people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders found metacognitive training improved cognitive insight most in those who started with the least — explaining years of mixed trial results.

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Baseline Cognitive Insight Predictor of Metacognitive Training Efficacy in Psychosis — ScienMag, October 27, 2026, reporting Frontiers in Psychology

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One in Three Young Adults Is Asking a Chatbot About Drugs

A Rutgers study published in JMIR Formative Research found 32 percent of U.S. adults aged 18 to 29 have used generative AI for substance-related information — mostly about risks — and largely trust what it tells them.

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One in three young adults turns to AI for substance use — News-Medical, October 26, 2026, reporting Rutgers Health / JMIR Formative Research

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AJ Is a Character. Alex Is Who I Am: AJ McLean on Five Years Sober

Backstreet Boys singer AJ McLean, sober for over five years, explains why he is touring under his birth name, Alexander James, and how therapy and boundaries rebuilt the man behind the character.

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AJ McLean Says 'AJ' Is a Character: 'Alex Is Who I Am' (Exclusive) — The Spun, reporting AJ McLean's exclusive interview with Men's Journal

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He Gambled Away a Quarter of a Million Dollars in a Year. Now He Tells the Story Out Loud

For Gambling Harm Awareness Week in Victoria, lived-experience speaker Fred Rubinstein — who gambled away a $250,000 inheritance in a single year — shared his recovery story in Morwell on October 26.

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Gambling Harm Awareness Week Lived Experience Speaker — Latrobe Community Health Service via TryBooking, event October 26, 2026

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