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Health Switzerland

12. April 2022

Autistic Children’s Caregivers Get the (Online!) Training They Need

The World Health Organization, in collaboration with the nongovernmental organization Autism Speaks, is launching an online version of its training program for caregivers of children with developmental delays and disabilities, including autism.

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Society USA

5. February 2022

Fewer Police Shootings, Thanks to More Mental Health Help

Across the United States, police shootings have declined as behavioral health experts step in to better serve the public and curb avoidable fatal confrontations with police officers.

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Health United Kingdom

6. November 2021

New Study Helps Psychologists Understand Hallucinations Better

At the University of Leicester, in the United Kingdom, a team of psychologists generated body-maps of the sensations experienced during hallucinations, a useful tool for people suffering from psychosis that helps them to share their experiences when words fail.

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Health USA

18. October 2021

First-Ever Customized Brain Implant Treats Depression

A neuroscience research team at University of California, San Francisco, United States, managed to create the world's first custom-designed brain implant to treat severe depression, giving hope to millions of people on whom treatments have been to no avail.

Society

Society USA

23. April 2021

Hope During the Pandemic: Suicide Rates Fall, Not Rise

Despite isolation, anxiety and depression caused by the corona lockdown, death by suicide in the United States has gone down in 2020 for the third consecutive year.