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☆ Pushing back at a culture of relentless ‘toxic positivity’
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Terry Ward | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

For mental health advocate and author Dave Tarnowski, society’s penchant to push what he calls “toxic positivity” felt like brainwashing. Tarnowski turned that positivity on its head when he launched his Disappointing Affirmations Instagram account in July 2022. "Disappointing Affirmations: Unfollow your dreams!" CNN: You refer to these disappointing affirmations as “making light by shining light.” What do you mean by that? CNN: What are some of the reactions you’ve had from your audience to your disappointing affirmations?

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☆ Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst's mother said she had high-functioning depression. Here's what that means.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Anna Medaris | Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst's new memoir was finished by her mother, April Simpkins. AdvertisementA new memoir by former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst was released on Tuesday. Kryst was an attorney, reporter, and Miss USA titleholderKryst won the Miss USA title in 2019 while representing North Carolina, and made the top 10 at Miss Universe that same year. Miss USA Cheslie Kryst competed in the 2019 Miss Universe pageant. In 2019, Kryst was part of a historic moment when Miss Universe, Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, and Miss America all went to women of color.

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☆ Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s oral arguments over emergency abortions
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Tierney Sneed | John Fritze | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The court’s far-right wing, perhaps in an attempt to keep those two justices on their side, framed the case as a federal overreach into state power. Turner, Idaho’s attorney, shot back that mental health could essentially open a loophole. Conservatives have long opposed allowing exceptions to strict abortion bans for mental health. Justice Samuel Alito, a fellow conservative, picked up on that same theme, repeatedly pressing Prelogar to explain whether the Justice Department views mental health as a way around Idaho’s abortion ban. That is exactly the kind of political influence that the Supreme Court, especially under Roberts, has generally tried to avoid.

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☆ Why Taylor Swift’s music makes you cry, according to an expert
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The first release since the end of Swift’s six-year relationship was announced, “The Tortured Poets Department” captured the anger, sadness, longing, and confusion fans love in a good breakup song. Heartbreak is Swift’s national anthemSwift’s success when it comes to her breakup songs may come from the nuance that she holds in her writing, Galligher said. As comforting, empowering and connecting as breakup songs may be, there can be too much of a good thing, Galligher said. “But really, I think for most people, music is a conduit to accessing our own emotions and sometimes processing through them,” Galligher said. “Allowing space for those emotions to be present is really important, and music can really help us tap into that.”

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☆ A former corporate lawyer died after falling from a luxury liner, reports say. One expert says cruise safety is outdated.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementWhile the chances of falling overboard on a cruise ship are extremely low , a cruise ship expert told Business Insider that the industry's safety protocols needed updating. Sophie Elizabeth Blythe-Tinker told the court her father "wasn't himself" and had become "increasingly abnormal" during his time on board, per the Telegraph. Cruise ship safetyRoss Klein, an international authority on the cruise ship industry, told BI he believes cruise ship safety rules are outdated. He said no substantial changes have been made to cruise ship safety since the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010. AdvertisementKlein is "not very hopeful" about actionable change regarding cruise safety in the near future "because nobody's pushing for changes."

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☆ Megan Thee Stallion's diet, fitness and mental wellness routine: 'I want to look as good as I feel'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

It would be an understatement to say Megan Thee Stallion, one of rap's hottest stars, has experienced a lot these last few years. In 2020, Megan Thee Stallion, was shot by rapper Tory Lanez and was doubted and ridiculed, with many blaming her for what happened or downright denying that it happened altogether. There was a highly publicized trial and Tory Lanez was found guilty in 2022. "I watched people build me up, tear me down, and be confused about their expectations of me," Megan, whose given name is Megan Pete, said in a recent talk with Women's Health. "Working on myself made me get into working out because I needed to focus my energy somewhere else," she told Women's Health.

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☆ Creators are growing increasingly concerned about AI as OpenAI's Sora looms and issues of inclusivity and crediting persist
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Shriya Bhattacharya | Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

"I'm worried about AI stunting creativity, replacing the need to use our brains," said travel creator Jessica Morrobel, who has about 168,000 followers on TikTok and Instagram. Lifestyle creator Joseph Arujo said he primarily uses ChatGPT to format his emails, since he gets a lot of brand partnership requests. AdvertisementCherie Luo, who publishes educational content, said she uses AI to transcribe and summarize her podcast episodes. And UGC creator Salha Aziz said she uses AI for a variety of tasks, including writing scripts for her videos. "It is concerning how good it's getting," said Tales, who has 2.7 million followers on TikTok and Instagram.

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KQED/KFF Health News —A much-awaited treatment for postpartum depression, zuranolone, hit the market in December, promising an accessible and fast-acting medication for a debilitating illness. Miriam McDonald, who developed severe postpartum depression and suicidal ideation after giving birth in late 2019, battled Kaiser Permanente for more than a year to find effective treatment. Her doctors refused to prescribe brexanolone, the only FDA-approved medication specifically for postpartum depression at the time. Insurers’ policies for zuranolone will be written at a time when the regulatory environment around mental health treatment is shifting. In the meantime, Burkhard said, patients suffering from postpartum depression should not hold back from asking their doctors about zuranolone.

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☆ AI helps boost creativity in the workplace but still can't compete with people's problem-solving skills, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The more than 750 study participants were given real tasks, including "creative product innovation" assignments. The study found that people using AI faired much better than those working without it when it came to creative product innovation tasks. About 90% of the participants improved their performance when using AI for any task involving ideation and content creation. People's problem-solving skills far outweigh the help offered by AI, Candelon said. They will get replaced by humans using AI," he told the outlet.

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☆ About 42% of US adults know someone who died by overdose, new survey finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Jacqueline Howard | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“Lately, there’s been so many overdose deaths that were inadvertent. She applauded the new RAND survey for shedding light on what adults go through when they lose someone to overdose. “Those are some of the regions where we see the highest number of overdose deaths. This is also rarely discussed in scientific and policy circles,” Pollini said of the RAND survey. “Because the data come from a survey of adults, the study does not provide insight into how overdose deaths impact children.

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☆ 'Social' media is both the cause of — and solution to — our loneliness problem
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The report listed technology as a driver behind our isolation, fear of missing out, conflict, and reduced social interaction. Other drivers of loneliness included social policies, cultural norms, the political environment, and macroeconomic factors. In fact, most research demonstrates that loneliness increases with increased use of technology, especially social media sites." "The response is incredible," Kyle Rand, CEO and cofounder of Rendever, told BI. He added: "The trend to solve loneliness through more technology, when technology has not yet reduced the problem, seems to be going in the wrong direction."

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☆ New York City sues social media platforms over youth mental health crisis
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —New York City is suing a handful of social media networks, alleging their platforms’ designs exploit young users’ mental health and cost the city $100 million in related health programs and services each year. A growing number of families have sued social media companies, along with US states and municipalities, over the alleged impact on the mental health of their children. The city also released a social media action plan that highlights how it plans to hold social media companies accountable, provide education and support to young people and families, and study the long-term impacts of social media on youth. Last month, Mayor Adams called social media a “public health hazard” and an “environmental toxin” during his State of the City address. The lawsuit also builds on last year’s Surgeon General warning that declared social media a “profound risk of harm” for kids.

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☆ Why influencer-marketing firm Izea is betting big on AI campaigns with a new image-generation tool
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewIf you can't beat them, join them — that's the mantra that influencer-marketing firm Izea has adopted when it comes to AI. AdvertisementAs a first step in bringing its own AI framework to reality, Izea recently launched AI "Mixers" as part of its AI offering (which it calls "FormAI"). The concept behind "Mixers" is to offer creators and brands the ability to train their own AI models. Influencers will create digital representations of themselves, while marketers can train AI models of their products. Around the same time, another survey found that over half of creators had been asked to use AI by brands.

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☆ 13 innovative AI tools that are changing content creators' work processes, from ideation to production to editing
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Marta Biino | Shriya Bhattacharya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Following ChatGPT's launch in late 2022, several new AI tools have emerged for creators to use. Many tools use generative AI to create more dynamic images, transcribe text, and edit videos. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Since then, hundreds of AI tools have popped up, helping with anything from writing cover letters during job searches to translating text into different languages. "With the increasing number of AI startups, creators have numerous ways to speed up their processes and workflow.

Persons: —, ChatGPT, Nick Chen, Amber Venz, Chen, Lia Haberman, Lindsey Gamble Organizations: Service, UCLA

☆ Teen Drug and Alcohol Use Linked to Mental Health Distress
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Matt Richtel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The NewsTeenagers who use cannabis, alcohol and nicotine are more likely to have underlying psychiatric symptoms, and worse symptoms, than their peers who are not regularly using substances, new research has found. The research, published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics, found that such substances are linked to an array of symptoms and conditions, including anxiety, depression, hyperactivity and suicidal ideation. These findings suggest that asking adolescents about substance use may provide a powerful screening tool when looking for underlying mental health issues, researchers said. “Universally screening for psychiatric symptoms in the context of all types of substance use is what we think might be most important,” said Brenden Tervo-Clemmens, assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Minnesota and lead author of the paper. “All the symptoms of mental health we examined, be it depression, suicidal thoughts, ADHD, were elevated no matter what the substance was,” he added.

Persons: ”, Brenden Organizations: Pediatrics, University of Minnesota

☆ Teen suicide: Study identifies behavioral risk factor
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But you should pay more attention since social withdrawal could signal something deeper is going on, a new study has found. Across the globe, 10% to 20% of adolescents experience suicidal thoughts, and suicide is one of the leading causes of death among them, highlighting the need for strengthened prevention efforts. But the current study examined the associations between the long-term trajectory of multiple categories of psychological and behavioral symptoms and suicidal thoughts. But the link between social withdrawal and suicidal thoughts could be explained by the “loss of protective social connections,” according to the study. “If you hear a lot of complaints about aches and pains, it doesn’t (automatically) mean your child is suicidal,” Willard said.

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☆ Youth suicide rates rose 62% from 2007 to 2021: 'People feel hopeless,' one recent grad says
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Aditi Shrikant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Last year, suicide rates in the U.S. were the highest they had been since 1941, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. From 2007 through 2021, suicide rates for Americans ages 10 to 24 rose 62%, according to the CDC. Young people don't think they can make 'a significant difference'Financial instability has proven to be a large contributing factor in youth suicide. In 2014 and 2015, suicide rates at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology surpassed the national average, which was about 13 deaths per year, according to CDC data. Easier access to guns is linked to increased suicide rates, as well, as gun suicides reached an all-time high in 2022, according to CDC data.

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☆ A 27-year-old who built a side hustle 3D printing products to sell on Etsy did $10,000 in sales in one week. He explains the steps he took before coming up with bestselling product ideas.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

That's when he listed what would become his next best-selling product: a gas can ornament with a compartment for stashing cash. He built seller credibility by listing inexpensive products to drive sales and reviewsWhen the first product Ziegler listed — the battery cases — didn't sell, he shifted his strategy. Ziegler's first product that hit: a travel soap box. Instead of abandoning the idea, Ziegler thought about ways he could make his product stand out. Now that he has a handful of bestselling items, though, "I'm doing a lot more Etsy fulfillment and a lot less design."

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☆ Lenovo is tackling circularity to power a new wave of user-friendly devices
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Lenovo With Insider Studios | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Lenovo's Next UX (user experience) team is one such group. "Our team gets to research and explore what's possible and what best empowers Lenovo users, and we share recommendations across the enterprise." Developing a modular PCYears ago, the Next UX team considered a maximally repairable PC concept called Project Aurora. And visionary, data-driven recommendations and the voices of our customers, users, and partners, continue to inform powerful innovation at Lenovo. Learn more about Lenovo's user experience solutions here.

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☆ If Your Child Is Addicted to TikTok, This May Be the Cure
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Ginia Bellafante | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Over the past few years, hundreds of families and school districts around the country have sued big tech companies on the grounds that the hypnotic properties of social media popular with children have left too many of them unwell. Tech companies, claiming First Amendment protections, have sought to get these sorts of suits quickly dismissed. But on Tuesday, a federal judge in California issued a ruling to make that more difficult. Forty years ago, drunken driving was an epidemic, claiming the lives of young people, a seemingly unmanageable problem until a group of mothers committed themselves to pushing for laws that brought accountability. It was a pivotal moment in the modern history of public health, and, in the same way, 2023 is likely to be remembered as an inflection point in the health crisis surrounding social media.

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☆ The Maine gunman was a ‘textbook case’ for a state law designed to remove firearms from people like him. Why didn’t it work?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Emma Tucker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

Lewiston, Maine CNN —The signs were there: hearing voices, expressing paranoid thoughts and making threats so violent, extra patrols were sent to guard a military installation. Instead, law enforcement relied on the gunman’s family to keep guns from him after they tried without success to talk to the reservist. Sheriff Joel Merry told CNN on Saturday law enforcement officers weren’t able to make contact with Card during two visits. The Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office sent an alert to other law enforcement agencies saying they were trying to locate Card. The fact law enforcement in Maine didn’t utilize the yellow flag law in Card’s case could point to its shortcomings, Rocque said.

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☆ Health workers face mental health crisis, CDC says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Giri Viswanathan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are sounding the alarm on a mental health crisis for health workers around the country. The report, released on Tuesday, also shows that health workers face worse mental health outcomes than employees in other industries. The study found that health care workers reported an increase in poor mental health days between 2018 and 2022. According to the CDC report, harassment had major impacts on health workers’ mental health: Health workers who reported being harassed were 5 times as likely to report anxiety compared to those who were not. The CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health also plans to launch a national campaign this fall to help hospital leaders address challenges to health workers’ well-being — part of an ongoing initiative by the agency to raise awareness about health workers’ mental health challenges.

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☆ States sue Instagram-parent Meta over 'addictive' features and youth mental health harms
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Dozens of states sued Instagram-parent Meta on Tuesday, accusing the social media giant of harming young users’ mental health through allegedly addictive features such as infinite news feeds and frequent notifications that demand users’ constant attention. In a federal lawsuit filed in California by 33 attorneys general, the states allege that Meta’s products have harmed minors and contributed to a mental health crisis in the United States. “Social media companies, including Meta, have contributed to a national youth mental health crisis and they must be held accountable. Battle lines renewedTuesday’s multipronged legal assault marks the newest attempt by states to rein in large tech platforms over fears that social media companies are fueling a spike in youth depression and suicidal ideation. In some cases, the tech industry has challenged those laws in court — for example, by claiming that Arkansas’ social media law violates residents’ First Amendment rights to access information.

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☆ Restaurants owners are using AI to make new menu items, like the 'Chat GPTaco' from a Dallas chain that became a hit with customers
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Helaine Krysik | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

More restaurants, from local spots to national chains, are using AI to create new menu items. Velvet Taco recently featured the "Chat GPTaco" as part of the restaurant's "weekly taco feature," or "wtf," to huge success. Velvet Taco, a Dallas-based taco chain featured a ChatGPT Taco as part of the restaurant's "weekly taco feature," or "wtf." He got the recipe from AI by using standard pizza ingredients, then plugged ideas like "Mexican street-corn pizza" into the AI. "AI will be another tool to help restaurants improve operations, troubleshoot, and look for efficiencies," Tierney said.

Persons: —, Clay Dover, Velvet Taco, Dover, It's, Greg Tierney, Tierney Organizations: Service, Velvet, taco, Motor Locations: Texas, Dallas, Detroit, Lewisville , Texas

Economists already utilize machine learning, a branch of AI, to analyze data and develop economic projections. Korinek expects it to “revolutionize research,” according to a paper he wrote that was accepted for publication by the Journal of Economic Literature. Impact on employmentSo what could be the impact of genAI’s advancement on employment in economics? Jobs site Indeed conducted a recent study gauging the level of exposure of certain jobs to genAI based on the skills needed to perform them. Economists use a lot of technology to do their jobs, which are tasks that genAI could also perform, especially as it becomes more and more refined.

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