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Billie Lourd: Angry She Wasn't Able to Get Sober

Billie Lourd's raw tribute to Carrie Fisher on what would have been her 70th birthday shows how anger and love can coexist when grieving someone lost to addiction.

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Carrie Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd pens raw tribute to late mom on what would've been her 70th birthday — Hello Magazine, Oct 21, 2026

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The AI That Sees Schizophrenia in a Brain Scan

A meta-analysis of 14 studies finds AI analysis of brain scans could one day help diagnose schizophrenia and predict which treatments will work.

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Meta-analysis finds radiomics promise for schizophrenia diagnosis and treatment prediction — ScienMag, Oct 22, 2026

Precision psychiatry in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis of radiomics-based advanced neuroimaging — Schizophrenia, Oct 21, 2026

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New Jersey's Bold Bet: Underage Gambling Fines Go Straight to Treatment

New Jersey's Senate Bill 597 would replace criminal penalties for underage gambling with fines — and route every dollar to compulsive-gambling prevention and treatment.

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New Jersey Moves to Decriminalize Underage Gambling; Levy Fines Instead — The Lines, Oct 21, 2026

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Delonte West's Comeback: Nearly a Year Sober and Getting Married

Former NBA guard Delonte West is approaching eleven months sober and announced his marriage to his longtime partner Melissa Anaya — a comeback from very public rock bottom.

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Congrats! Delonte West Announces He's Getting Married To Girlfriend Of 20 Years, Melissa Anaya, Ahead Of 11-Month Sober Anniversary — Hollywood Unlocked, Oct 16, 2026

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Four Days That Beat Eight Weeks: The OCD Treatment Breakthrough

A randomized trial finds a four-day concentrated exposure program beat eight weeks of online CBT for OCD — with response rates of 61% versus 25%.

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Exposure Therapy Outperformed Online CBT for OCD — Psychiatric News Alert, Oct 21, 2026

Underlying study: Jelinek et al., JAMA Network Open, Oct 19, 2026, doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.39281

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One Million Brain Cells Mapped: The Atlas Pointing Toward New Bipolar Treatments

Mount Sinai researchers mapped over one million brain cells, revealing where bipolar disorder genetic risk concentrates and pointing toward future precision treatments.

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Multiomic Atlas Maps Bipolar Disorder Risk at Single-Cell Resolution — Technology Networks, October 20, 2026

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The Overdose Mystery: Deaths Are Falling — But Not Because of Naloxone

U.S. overdose deaths have plunged since 2023, but a new study of 186 million EMS calls finds naloxone use fell too — suggesting a fentanyl-supply disruption, not more revivals, is driving the decline.

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A lifesaving medication is not behind the drop in U.S. overdose deaths — Science News, Oct 21, 2026

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John Goodman's Sobriety: 'I Was Eating Alcoholically' — From 400 Pounds to Recovery

Actor John Goodman opens up about quitting drinking in 2007, eating alcoholically to four hundred pounds afterward, and why recovery is still ongoing work nineteen years later.

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John Goodman Recalls 'Eating Alcoholically' After Getting Sober: 'I Was at a Position Where I Had to Be Hospitalized One Way or the Other' — People, Oct 20, 2026 (interview originally published in The New Yorker).

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Why a Bad Night's Sleep Keeps Fear Alive

People with insomnia stayed physiologically aroused even after a threat was removed, while good sleepers calmed down — evidence that poor sleep weakens the brain's "safety memory." The finding may explain why anxiety treatments like exposure therapy work better in people who sleep well.

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Skin conductance measurements reveal link between insomnia and disrupted fear regulation — News-Medical (Oct 14, 2026), on Hwang, T., et al. (2026), "Disrupted fear regulation in insomnia disorder revealed by arousal estimation from skin conductance," PLOS Mental Health. Study teams: NYU Tandon School of Engineering and Harvard Medical School.

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"I'm Having Way More Fun Sober": Josh Brolin's Twelve Years of Recovery

Twelve years sober, actor Josh Brolin still starts every day with a 6 a.m. Zoom recovery meeting. In a new interview he traces the road from drinking at age eight and waking up on his own sidewalk to mentorship from Anthony Hopkins, a memoir, and a family life he calls everything.

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Josh Brolin, 58: 'I'm Having Way More Fun' Sober — AARP (Oct 19, 2026), reporting on Brolin's interview with The Telegraph (published Oct 17, 2026).

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