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New mental health office opens in Kingwood 

KINGWOOD — A new mental health facility opened in Kingwood Tuesday at the Kingwood Plaza. A ribbon cutting for Fremouw, Sigley & Baker Psychological Associates PLLC was held Monday afternoon in front of the office.   Psychologist Edward Baker said he has been in practice ...

Talk to children: Addiction info provides emergency first aid

by Elizabeth Massa Hoiem Recent government support to aid families impacted by substance use is heartening. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced $28 million in grants to assist pregnant people and families, while Oregon lawmakers approved $27 million to fund ...

Think life is getting worse? Try being nostalgic for the present

by Amanda Montell Nostalgia seems harmless enough, and then someone starts earnestly — absurdly — glamorizing the Stone Age. “Damn can you imagine being a human during the paleolithic age,” tweeted a self-described “eco-socialist” podcaster in September 2021. “Just ...

DeSantis has right goal: Protecting young kids from social media

Long is the list of things Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has gotten wrong, from guns to immigration to abortion to nonsense culture war salvos compromising academic freedom in the name of protecting it. We pause here to appreciate the spirit of his effort but not the method to safeguard children ...

Guest essay: A world without suicide starts with our youths

by Megan N. Wilmoth If you thought you could save your teenager or young adult loved one from taking their own life, wouldn’t you do just about anything? If we make it easier for the younger generation to share their feelings and feel validated, would the mental health crisis be a ...

Social media can be toxic for women. Here’s how to change that

by Kara Alaimo On social media, most of us don’t think too hard about what we’re doing as we “like,” scroll and swipe across our screens. But I study how Americans engage with these platforms. In researching my new book, I spoke to women and girls across the country about how ...