MFP/ANA e-Newsletter: February 9, 2024

Each week a quote is shared for your consideration. Some quotes might offer comfort, hope, a challenge, a chuckle, or inspiration. You may or may not agree with the quote, but it is offered simply to help you reflect and ponder.

Silence can make us nervous thinking we need to fill the void, but there is immense strength in silence.

All sounds, from a whisper to a classical symphony, arise out of silence and disappear into silence. But silence is always there beneath sound and is the space where sound can exist. Click here to read more (opens new window) about this week's wellness activity.

Non-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR): Exploring a World Beyond Sleep (opens new window)  (opens new window)

How I Misunderstood the Meaning of Rest (opens new window)

13 Winter Workout Tips for Exercising Outdoors No Matter the Weather (opens new window)

Characteristics of Alcohol, Marijuana, and Other Drug Use Among Persons Aged 13–18 Years Being Assessed for Substance Use Disorder Treatment — United States, 2014–2022 (opens new window)

Substance use often begins during adolescence, placing youths at risk for fatal overdose and substance use disorders (SUD) in adulthood. Understanding the motivations reported by adolescents for using alcohol, marijuana, and other drugs and the persons with whom they use these substances could guide strategies to prevent or reduce substance use and its related consequences among adolescents. Read more (opens new window)

CDC report finds teens use drugs — often alone — to ease stress and anxiety (opens new window)

Teenagers with suspected substance use problems say they turn to drugs because of a crushing need to relax and escape worries, according to research published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read more (opens new window)

Health care discriminates, addiction does not (opens new window)

Hazel's raspy voice recounts the story of how she came to sit here with us, and my chest tightens with each sentence. We are sitting in a circle at a substance use treatment facility, sun filtering through the trees into our group therapy room. Read more (opens new window)

Why are females less likely to be diagnosed with ADHD in childhood than males? (opens new window)

ADHD is less likely to be diagnosed in females than males, especially in childhood. Females also typically receive the diagnosis later than males and are less likely to be prescribed ADHD medication. Read more (opens new window)

A call to avoid psychiatric labelling in a historic election year (opens new window)

Worldwide, more elections are scheduled to happen in 2024 than in previous years, with 64 countries having major polls, engaging approximately 49% of the global population in shaping their political future. Read more (opens new window)

Mental Health Disparities Stark for Transgender, Gender-Diverse People (opens new window)

Transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse people had a disproportionately high rate of self-reported mental health conditions, a British study suggested. Among over 1.5 million survey respondents, non-binary patients who were transgender reported a long-term mental health condition most often out of 15 gender groups, with a rate of 47.21% after age adjustment (95% CI 42.86-51.60), Ruth Elizabeth Watkinson, PhD, of the University of Manchester in England, and colleagues found. Read more (opens new window)