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Dr. John Grohol

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Founder of Psych Central (7M users/month before sale in 2020). Mental health expert & advocate, technologist, author, researcher.

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Lyra Health Report Signals Escalating Workplace Mental Health Pressures A 2026 report from Lyra Health on workforce mental health trends shows that expanded benefits are not fully offsetting rising pressures on employees and managers. The survey, conducted between July and August 2025, included more than 500 benefits leaders from organizations ranging from 500 to over 90,000 employees across industries including health care, retail, law, finance, technology, transportation, and the public sector.…
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Wyoming bans abortion when there’s a heartbeat β€” Wyoming Public Media Cardiac activity can be detected with a transvaginal ultrasound at about six weeks. A group of abortion access advocates say they'll ask a court to block the ban.

I would absolutely hate to live in anti-science, anti-women state like Wyoming. Hope that whatever few women who still call that place home find a way to pack up and go.

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09.03.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

UHS is acquiring Talkspace for $865 million.

$229 million in revenues for Talkspace in 2025. Not sure this is much of a win for the company, but growth has been stagnant at the company for some time.

09.03.2026 19:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not only was that Fox News footage from last Dec. NOT an accident or "error" on their part, it's likely they had a production meeting about it. Some producer or set of producers made a specific choice to go out, find the old footage & substitute it in as "live" footage.

Propaganda, thru & thru.

09.03.2026 14:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I know Shrinking on Apple TV is supposed to be fiction. But these people are the most toxic, enmeshed, most horrible and inappropriate therapists ever portrayed on TV, doling saccharin platitudes and simplistic, obvious advice.

Yes, it’s entertaining. But it’s also so very cringe. 😬

08.03.2026 00:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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And lookeee there… we lost operation of a $1.1 Billion piece of tech. I’m glad Americans voted for this war with Iran!!

Oh wait, we didn’t.

06.03.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nobody can explain why we went to war with Iran that doesn’t contradict previous assertions or facts.

Cost of gas already up 15% here. Unemployment rate is up. Cost of everything is still going up.

Nobody asked Americans if we wanted soldiers to die for this.

06.03.2026 17:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Beyond the medals: Supporting athletes’ mental health Elite athletes spend years training for one defining physical performance. But long-term success depends equally on mental resilience. Public scrutiny, the stigma of appearing vulnerable, and the post-competition crash can make that as challenging as the sport itself. β€œFor professional athletes, it’s about numbers and one or two performances and less about having fun, like it was when they were kids,” said Arlington, MA-based psychologist Jeffrey Brown, and author of the book, β€œThe Winner’s Brain” and a senior lecturer at Harvard Medical School.…
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Steering Committee member: Even small DSM changes matter Even minor updates to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders can influence day-to-day clinical practice, from how clinicians document cases to how patients qualify for services. Kimberly Yonkers, MD, a psychiatrist and researcher who chairs psychiatry at UMass Chan Medical School and serves on the DSM-5 steering committee, said most changes are incremental and focus on clarifying language rather than adding new diagnoses.…
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Reverse engineering your practice You’ve studied. You’ve interned. You’ve sat in hours of supervision. You have likely worked in agencies, hospitals, schools, and mental health clinics. You know who you are as a professional and how you can help. Yet it is easy to lose sight of this knowledge once you start your private practice.…
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RI Shooting Trauma; Key Stressors for Veterans Returning Home; New England College Receives Federal Funding for Mental Health Workers RI Pawtucket shooting highlights community trauma A shooting during a high school hockey game in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, has intensified regional focus on trauma and community mental health needs. Authorities described the incident as a targeted domestic violence attack that resulted in multiple fatalities. Officials report that spectators and families were exposed to a high-stress, violent event, raising concern about acute trauma responses and longer-term psychological effects.…
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The 2026 Medicare policy changes that affect your patients In late 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) issued a final ruling on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2026. It primarily focused on updating payment systems and expanding access to care. Effective January 1, it is part of a broader strategy β€œto create a health care system that results in better quality, efficiency, empowerment, and innovation for all Medicare beneficiaries,” according to CMS.…
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Disaster Resource Network shifts its focus One word can change a lot, as the Massachusetts Psychological Association’s (MPA) Disaster Resource Network discovered following a name change in 2016. When the MPA received instructions from the American Psychological Association (APA) to change its focus from being a disaster β€œresponder” to a disaster β€œresource,” the MPA took a few years to understand exactly what that meant.…
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Musings of a citizen psychologist I recently listened to a podcast where the host was interviewing a woman who had devoted her life to working with immigrants. With all the strife, division, and violence in our country around the question of immigration and other important issues, this was a timely interview. It didn’t take long for the host to ask his guest what she found to be the best way to disabuse people of the widespread prejudice that immigrants are undesirables at best, dangerous criminals at worst.…
04.03.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Feel free to block or unfollow then. Freedom of choice.

04.03.2026 00:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Clearly you want to argue with yourself and believe that data from the actual company providing the services is somehow less reliable than a study conducted on some small sample. Enjoy that.

04.03.2026 00:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sure, let’s all wait another few decades for β€œpublic investment.” I’m sure people’s current health concerns & questions can wait…

03.03.2026 19:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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More Than 40 Million People Use ChatGPT Daily for Healthcare Advice, OpenAI Claims OpenAI wants ChatGPT to be a bigger player in healthcare. First, they need regulators to play ball.

Sure, I’ll Google that for you: gizmodo.com/more-than-40....

03.03.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You know your brand new war in the middle east - the one you swore to voters you'd never get the US into - is going really well when, on the 1st day of the war, you bomb a school for girls and kill 175 innocent civilians.

Then you hold a presser & ramble about your new building.

03.03.2026 12:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry, I stopped doing other people’s homework for them in grade school.

I wasn’t β€œcasting aspersions,” I was stating a set of facts.

1. Millions of people use ChatGPT for health everyday.

2. You do not hear of thousands, hundreds, or even 10s of medical cases of harm caused by this.

02.03.2026 21:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not that kind of doc….

02.03.2026 21:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Of course. And for some portion of the time, seeking care from an ER isn’t just fine either. No system is perfect and it’s ridiculous to expect technology to perform better than existing systems in every situation we can think up.

Meeting people where they are > not meeting people at all

02.03.2026 21:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You can attempt to gatekeep here, but information just doesn’t care.

02.03.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Did you know that the internet’s oldest online mental health support group community is celebrating its 25th year online this year??

Come join us to see how well-run, spam- & troll-free community can be!!

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02.03.2026 20:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Meanwhile, millions of people will continue to use ChatGPT for health concerns, despite the fear-mongering of cherry-picked stats from a single study. Because for the vast majority of health interactions, its use is perfectly fine.

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Got a cab near the Department of Education. Hadn’t seen the Charlie Kirk banner before.

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Imagine being so naive to believe that if you kill a country's leader without doing much to take out the rest of their leadership - as the US did in Iran - "the people" could just revolt and take over the military & govt.

Orange man = idiot.

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28.02.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Iran, which is nearly on the other side of the world from the US, posed no threat to the US, much less an β€œimminent” one.

Especially after Orange man claimed the unprovoked 2025 attack on Iran β€œcompletely obliterated” their nuclear program.

Just more BS from another BS machine.

28.02.2026 19:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Gosh, I thought Orange man really was all about staying out of wars in the world and not engaging in the failed efforts of regime change.

Yet, here we are. All promises broken. Trying to topple the regime in Iran with another war.

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