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In Eating Disorder Recovery, Connection Improved the Most

New outcomes data from a Texas eating disorder program shows interpersonal connection was the strongest area of progress, with relational distress down twenty-four point nine percent.

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Eating Disorder Solutions Reports Strong Gains in Interpersonal Connection From Its Weatherford Treatment Program — ACN Newswire, October 23, 2026

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Nearly One in Five Young Adults Now Feels Anxious Every Single Day

Daily anxiety among Americans aged eighteen to twenty-five rose from fifteen percent in twenty twenty to nineteen point five percent in twenty twenty-four.

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Nearly 1 in 5 young US adults now report anxiety every day — Knowridge, October 23, 2026, reporting George Mason University research in the American Journal of Public Health

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'Have To Can Start You, Want To Keeps You': Michael Hayes Marks Two Years Without Alcohol

WWE Hall of Famer Michael Hayes has passed two years without alcohol, crediting his own willingness this time — after many earlier trips to rehab.

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Michael Hayes Celebrates Two Years Without Alcohol — Wrestling News Source, October 2026

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One Weakened Brain Signal Behind Many Schizophrenia Symptoms

A McGill-led study in Science Advances finds that weaker, slower beta-band brain activity tracks perception, speech, and symptom severity in schizophrenia.

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Several Schizophrenia Symptoms Linked to Single Brain Signal — BioQuick News, October 23, 2026, reporting Science Advances

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Albuquerque's $5.2 Million Bet: Turning Opioid Settlement Cash Into Recovery

Albuquerque's city council unanimously approved $5.2 million in opioid settlement spending — treatment navigation, a medical sobering center, recovery housing, and school-based prevention — backed by a new public accountability dashboard so residents can track every dollar.

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Albuquerque approves millions in opioid settlement funds: Here's where the money is going — The Paper (abq.news), Oct 20, 2026

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Grief Before the Goodbye: What Weighs Most on Cancer Caregivers

A systematic review in BMC Psychiatry maps what drives anticipatory grief in people caring for a loved one with cancer.

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Caregiver burden and family ties shape anticipatory grief in cancer — ScienMag, reporting Feng et al., BMC Psychiatry, 2026

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Two Decades of Proof: Brain Stimulation Delivers Lasting Relief for Severe OCD

Researchers at University Hospital Cologne followed thirty patients with severe, treatment-resistant OCD for up to twenty-one years after deep brain stimulation — and nearly three in four reached a lasting clinical response, with some improving years after the first year of treatment.

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Two Decades of Data Show Deep Brain Stimulation Can Deliver Lasting Relief — ScienMag, Oct 19, 2026

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Eight Years Off and On, Then Four Years Sober: Shayne Davis Keeps Trying Out Loud

Actor Shayne Davis celebrated four years of sobriety, telling followers it took eight years of off-and-on recovery to get there.

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Actor Shayne Davis celebrates four years of sobriety — True Hollywood Talk, October 22, 2026

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94,000 Brain Scans, One Shared Method: The Largest Mental Illness Study Ever Launched

A five-year NIH-funded global initiative led by USC will analyze more than ninety-four thousand brain scans across eight psychiatric disorders using one shared method.

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Global team launches largest-ever study of brain function across eight mental illnesses — Keck School of Medicine of USC, October 22, 2026

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Eight Weeks of Salsa: The Dance Class That Lifted Depression in a Cambridge Trial

In a randomized trial, 121 young adults with mild to moderately severe depressive symptoms who took an eight-week salsa class improved significantly more than a waitlist control group — with the largest gains in social anxiety and daily happiness.

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Feeling down? A salsa class might help, according to researchers — TMJ4 News (Oct 20, 2026), reporting on the Cambridge University study of social dance-based activity for young adults with depressive symptoms.

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