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'I Was on a Show About Recovery — and Then I Lived It': Anna Faris on Eighteen Months Sober

Anna Faris revealed she has been sober for a year and a half in an October 15 Instagram statement responding to Chuck Lorre's memoir — 'I was on a show about recovery, and then I lived it.'

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Anna Faris Says She's Been Sober For 18 Months, Remains Proud Of 'Mom' — OK! Magazine, October 24, 2026

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Not Quite Well: The Lingering Depression Hiding Inside Bipolar Recovery

A 2026 study of 133 bipolar I outpatients found that mild depression symptoms lingering between episodes came with poorer functioning, nearly double the self-stigma, and more anxiety and impulsivity.

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Lingering Depression Symptoms in Bipolar Disorder Linked to Poorer Functioning — Mental Health Daily, October 27, 2026, reporting Brain Sciences

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Four Questions, Fifteen Countries: Depression and Anxiety Weigh Almost as Heavily as Chronic Illness

In a study of more than 62,000 adults in 15 countries, four questions about depression and anxiety predicted how people rated their health almost as strongly as their number of chronic illnesses.

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How Depression & Anxiety Affect Quality of Life — Psychreg, reporting a study published in BMJ Mental Health (Oxford Brookes University, National University of Singapore, Taylor's University, University of Oxford)

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The Largest Ketamine Therapy Trial Yet: Manchester Joins the Test for Severe Alcohol Addiction

Greater Manchester has joined MORE-KARE, the largest study yet of ketamine-assisted therapy for severe alcohol use disorder, and people in treatment there can now apply to take part.

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Greater Manchester Mental Health joins largest ever study of ketamine-assisted therapy for alcohol disorder — Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Sound Waves, Not Surgery: A Ten-Minute Ultrasound Session Eased Delusions in Schizophrenia

A single ten-minute session of focused ultrasound aimed at a deep brain circuit reduced delusions in people with schizophrenia whose symptoms persisted despite medication, in the first sham-controlled pilot test of the technique for psychosis.

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Gentle brain ultrasound may help ease delusions in schizophrenia — MedicalXpress (Oct 20, 2026), on "Transcranial ultrasound stimulation of the right globus pallidus interna in schizophrenia: A randomized, sham-controlled pilot study," npj Acoustics (2026), DOI 10.1038/s44384-026-00076-3. Study team: NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

Targeted ultrasound waves safely reduce delusions in people with schizophrenia — News-Medical (Oct 20, 2026)

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He Lost £40,000 to Gambling. Now He Helps Other Men Talk About It

A new Andy's Man Club group in Leeds is tackling gambling addiction head on, led by facilitators like Tom Fleming, who lost forty thousand pounds before seeking help.

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Andy's Man Club launches first support group for gambling addiction — Yorkshire Evening Post

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Brain Training Meets Talk Therapy: The BPD Neurofeedback Trial That Humbled the Hype

In a pilot randomized controlled trial, 36 people with borderline personality disorder in residential DBT learned to downregulate their amygdala with real-time fMRI neurofeedback — but the technique added no measurable clinical benefit over DBT alone, and the authors suggest it may work better as a post-discharge booster.

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Brain Training Meets Talk Therapy: Landmark Trial Tests Neurofeedback for Borderline Personality Disorder — Scienmag (Oct 2026), on Hofmanová, M., Santangelo, P. S., Kleindienst, N., Schmahl, C., & Paret, C., "Amygdala neurofeedback as an adjunct to residential dialectical behavior therapy for borderline personality disorder: a pilot randomized controlled trial," BMC Psychiatry 26(1), Article 802 (2026), DOI 10.1186/s12888-026-08767-7. Study team: Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany.

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A House Where Women Rebuild: Inside Oklahoma City's Sober Vibes

Founded by Chelsea Williams, herself in recovery, Sober Vibes gives ten women at a time a structured home — rules, chores, curfew, financial coaching and counseling — to rebuild lives addiction took apart. Its annual gala at the Will Rogers Theatre sold out this week.

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Sober Vibes helps Oklahoma women rebuild lives after addiction — News 9, Oklahoma City (Oct 20, 2026).

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Grief's Hidden Danger: Suicide Loss Survivors and the Substance Use Link

New research on more than eleven hundred suicide-bereaved adults finds elevated rates of marijuana, alcohol, and tobacco use — and links binge drinking and non-prescribed drug use to PTSD and self-blame, two hallmarks of complicated grief. A respectful look at the findings and what they mean for grief counselors, families, and bereaved people seeking support.

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Coping with Grief and Substance Misuse: Surviving a Loved One's Suicide — The BASIS (Harvard Division on Addiction / Cambridge Health Alliance), October 20, 2026

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Alcohol Deaths Cut in Half: What Massachusetts Did, and the Price Fight Ahead

Alcohol-related deaths in Massachusetts fell by more than half from twenty sixteen to twenty twenty four, and researchers say a minimum unit price on alcohol could prevent many more.

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Alcohol-related deaths have dropped significantly in Mass. since 2016, study finds — WBUR, reporting research in JAMA Health Forum (Boston University School of Public Health, Dr. Paul Shafer)

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