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72% of youth detained in one juvenile detention facility in Pennsylvania had received crisis mental health services before entering the facility. Over 60% were involved with the child welfare system. A social worker looks at the costs of this system. theconversation.com/pittsburgh-spe…

Students using AI for mental health support have received harmful suggestions like cutting off all human contact. Classroom use is happening far more quickly than research into when AI is actually helpful: theconversation.com/more-and-more-…

People taking the diabetes meds had: - 50% fewer substance-related deaths - 39% fewer drug overdoses - Lower risk of developing alcohol, opioid, cocaine, cannabis or nicotine addiction. #news #health #foodnoise #drugnoise theconversation.com/glp-1-drugs-ma…

GLP-1 medications may also fight addiction, says Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly whose team researched trends from GLP-1 use in 600,000 people (he's a medical epidemiologist at Washington University in St. Louis and the St. Louis VA)

A Penn State training program helps teachers learn how to tackle tough, divisive issues with their students, instead of avoiding them. theconversation.com/iran-war-and-o…

We’ve been told men and women perform so differently as athletes that they have to compete separately. This research says… not always. In wheelchair basketball, performance tracks more with ability and training than sex. theconversation.com/my-research-on…

Several people on the list are deeply embedded in Iran’s political, intelligence and security architecture. theconversation.com/who-are-irans-…

Many aspects of animals that people find beautiful evolved to be attractive to the animals themselves. A new study hints at a common aspect of perception that dates back hundreds of millions of years. theconversation.com/you-probably-a…

Iran reportedly has nearly 970 pounds of highly enriched uranium stored in underground tunnels too deep for bunker-buster bombs to reach. Military capture would be "very perilous," according to a former national security official: theconversation.com/irans-nuclear-…

Iran has responded in kind to attacks on its energy infrastructure. With the energy assets of Gulf states now in play for Tehran, regional chaos grows by the hour. theconversation.com/targeting-of-e…

You know how your phone finishes your sentences? “I love…” → “you,” “coffee,” or a full email sign-off. Now AI tools do it everywhere. And because they predict the most common phrasing, more writing is starting to sound the same. theconversation.com/with-ai-finish…

More than 2,000 years ago, the philosopher Laozi was all too familiar with the pitfalls of comparing yourself to other people’s accomplishments. Americans’ frenzy over college admissions may be a relatively modern affliction, but striving for status is t theconversation.com/what-an-ancien…

CT scans often show more than expected—artery buildup, muscle loss, bone issues. But if that wasn’t the reason the scan was ordered, this diagnostic data is usually ignored. The solution: opportunistic screening: using one scan to spot multiple health r theconversation.com/millions-of-ct…

Psychiatric rehabilitation flips traditional mental health treatment on its head. Instead of waiting for symptoms to improve, it asks: What do you want to do? What's in your way? This approach improves quality of life, according to psychologists. theconversation.com/whats-the-equi…

Hallucinogenic chocolate bars labeled as harmless mushroom blends are showing up in Colorado gas stations. They contain illegal psychoactive drugs that have sent people to the hospital. Here’s how these products evade detection: theconversation.com/magic-mushroom… theconversation.com/magic-mushroom…

In the face of little information, or misinformation, about the war in Iran, media literacy can prove a valuable tool to assess what’s happening on the ground. theconversation.com/information-is…

There’s lots of copper in the ground, but demand is already outstripping usable supply – and the shortfall is likely to get worse. theconversation.com/global-copper-…

A new study linking Pittsburgh’s air pollution to thousands of deaths each year has been published just as the EPA moves to weaken pollution standards. theconversation.com/pittsburghs-ai…

The Trump administration’s new child care subsidy rules are the latest measure to challenge the struggling industry. theconversation.com/trumps-new-chi…

Base pay rose as intended, but the drivers’ total compensation, including tips, didn’t increase. theconversation.com/seattle-tried-…