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Every year since 2007, researchers have conducted the Healthy Minds Study, gathering confidential data about the mental and behavioral health trends of college students. For the third year in a row, respondents reported decreased rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. The 2024-2025 study recorded responses from more than 84,000 students at 135 colleges and universities. Results showed continuing declines, including severe depression dropping to 18% in 2025, down from 23% in 2022, and suicidal thoughts decreased to 11% from 15%.“These sustained reductions tell me this is not a blip,” said Justin Heinze, a co-principal investigator of the study. “Whether it’s distance from…

TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Artemis Adolescent Healing Center announces the expansion of its comprehensive treatment services for adolescents struggling with mental health and behavioral challenges. The expanded continuum of care will provide families in Arizona and nationwide with enhanced access to specialized therapeutic interventions designed to support teens through every stage of their healing journey. The expansion represents Artemis Adolescent Healing Center’s commitment to addressing the growing need for adolescent mental health services across Arizona and the United States. Recent years have seen an unprecedented increase in teens experiencing anxiety, depression, and related behavioral health concerns, creating an…

3) An interpreter in your pocket: Silence Speaks UK startup Silence Speaks is developing an artificial intelligence avatar that translates text into sign language in realtime. Designed by deaf engineers and reflecting regional sign language styles, the system aims to capture emotion and intent as well as the words themselves. It holds promise for use at transport hubs, shopping centres, in education and healthcare settings, for broadcasting and video conferencing and in personal banking. Silence Speaks is also experimenting with personal, creative uses including the ‘signing’ of greeting cards: recipients can scan a QR code in a card to access…

25 years ago today, Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger launched Wikipedia. The collaborative online encyclopedia created and maintained by a community of volunteer editors, Wikipedia is one of the most-visited websites on the internet. The nonprofit funded primarily through donations has 6.2 million articles in English—and also features articles in 250 languages, altogether attracting 1.7 billion unique visitors monthly. Pages, particularly in English, get updated with remarkable speed to include deaths, sports results, and political events. READ a bit more… (2001) In 2006, TIME Magazine said the open-door policy of allowing anyone to edit had made Wikipedia the biggest and…

– credit, President.kg On Christmas Eve, the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan inaugurated its first solar power plant, one that will power a small city and cut 120,000 tons of CO2 emissions annually. The 100-megawatt installation will generate 210 million kWh of clean electricity annually, and represents one of the largest foreign investments into the country of any kind since independence. It’s seen as the start of a big push to de-carbonize, with outside investors having inked 12 other agreements for solar and wind resources that will bring 5 gigawatts of clean energy online in the coming decades. Kyrgyzstan’s energy…

Planning for retirement means understanding when you can start collecting Social Security benefits. The age at which you begin receiving payments can have a significant impact on y …

Two alleged Palestine Action activists who are awaiting trial have ended a hunger strike protest in prison, seemingly bringing to an end protests that have taken place for 73 days.In a statement issued by their supporters, Heba Muraisi and Kamran Ahmed said they had ended their protests at their respective prisons where they are being detained on remand.The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not commented on the specific nature of the protest over the last two months, but it has not previously disputed accounts from supporters that the hunger strikes were taking place.Four other detainees who – along with Muraisi…

Scheme to help employers recruit and retain disabled people to be reformed – boosting workplace inclusion and living standards as part of Plan for Change.Reforms to previous Government’s Disability Confident scheme include tailored support for SMEs and greater peer-to-peer support for employers.New standards to improve scheme for employer and employees will be shaped by the voices of disabled people. Sick and disabled people will have more opportunities to move into work following the overhaul of a scheme that will boost living standards and workplace inclusion.The Disability Confident scheme – launched by the previous government in 2016 – has delivered huge…

It is rightly said that mindfulness – a cognitive skill and practice – helps us to identify our hidden emotional patterns. It brings to the fore the light of awareness to freeing ourselves from their stranglehold, especially in today’s context, where our constant battles have little to do with actual situations, but much to do with symbolic, existing meanings of what happened, and why.Is there a way out? Yes, there is – what we need to have in place, to attaining mental composure are the right tools of awareness, since we already have the potential to being our own inner…

Daijiworld Media Network – Mumbai Mumbai, Jan 15: Yoga, an ancient practice rooted in India’s spiritual tradition, has gained renewed relevance in modern times as people increasingly turn to holistic methods to improve their physical and mental health. Experts say regular practice of yoga helps enhance flexibility, strength and balance, while also reducing stress, anxiety and lifestyle-related ailments. Through a combination of asanas (postures), pranayama (breathing techniques) and meditation, yoga promotes harmony between the body and mind. Medical professionals have highlighted yoga’s role in managing conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, obesity and back pain. It is also known to…