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Neuroscience Reveals How Gratitude Literally Rewires Your Brain to be Happier Neuroscientists have found that if you really feel it when you say it, you'll be happier and healthier. The regular practice of expressing gratitude is not a New Age fad; it's a facet of the human condition that reaps true benefits to those who mean it.

Hope for Healing Florida is one of the initiatives created by the First Lady.

5 Questions With Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis has heard from troubled teens struggling with depression, anguished homeowners whose dwellings were decimated by

The Florida Medical Examiner's Report does a good job of reporting the numbers, but those numbers may not make it in the federal counts.

Thousands of opioid deaths are never counted by feds, USF study says Routine delays in toxicology results are one reason for the lapse.

Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis launches campaign to combat substance abuse among kids First Lady Casey DeSantis announced a new statewide initiative Wednesday to combat substance abuse among children. Seminole County seventh graders will be the first to test out the new effort's curriculum.

Hispanic/Latino Community: Learn the Signs of Emotional Suffering and How to Help (30 sec) One in five people in the United States has a mental health condition. Learn the five signs that may mean someone is in emotional pain and might need help: p...

Jim Hall, an epidemiologist at Nova Southeastern University’s Center for Applied Research on Substance Use and Health Disparities comments on this person's story. For the past 35 years, Hall has tracked patterns and trends of substance use disorders in southeast Florida for the National Drug Early Warning System.

Designer Drugs: My Addiction to Research Chemicals | The Fix Chemists create new drugs faster than officials can schedule them, resulting in a drug supply tainted with chemicals that can’t be tested because they don’t really exist.

Tomorrow morning at 8AM at the University of South Florida you can walk/run to raise awareness for mental illness.

Join Strides for Mental Health Awareness 5K on Nov. 16 at USF One of your neighbors posted in Health & Fitness. Click through to read what they have to say. (The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.)

The current State Opioid Response (SOR) funds are slated to end by September 2020.

Florida Seeks Funding To Continue Opioid Fight Florida may be on the right track to reducing the amount of opioid-caused deaths, according to the Department of Children and Families, but only if that

Be There for Veterans Popular actor and director Tom Hanks urges everyone to for Veterans in this powerful special release PSA, created in partnership by Johnson and John...

Family Drug Court is working for this Palm Beach County mom and son.

County drug court programs work to reunite families separated by addiction Founded a decade ago, Family and Delinquency Drug Courts aim to give those struggling with substance abuse a second chance and to reunite families.

Does Weather Really Affect Our Experience Of Pain? - South Florida Reporter A new study finds that, for people living with arthritis and other conditions that cause chronic pain, a certain kind of weather increases pain.

Florida to commit more state money to opioid treatment amid mix of expiring, new federal grants Florida will need to provide $76 million in fiscal 2021 to replace expiring federal grant funding for opioid medication-assisted treatment programs, a Senate health care panel learned Wednesday.

CBS is hosting a live show this morning at 8:00a.m. on "Stop the Stigma" to take the shame out of mental health conversations.

Stop the Stigma: Take the shame out of mental health conversations "CBS This Morning" is dedicating its show on Wednesday, Oct. 23, to a live special focusing on mental health. Called "Stop the Stigma," we want to take the shame and blame out of discussing mental illness diagnoses. Over the next week, celebrities and people from all over the country will share thei...

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, October 26, 2019. Find a location near you at: https://takebackday.dea.gov/

DEA Take Back Day October 2019 Marnie PSA 30 sec (Closed Caption) DEA Take Back Day public service announcement reminding communities about the upcoming national prescription drug Take Back day on October 26, 2019. For more...

National Drug Prescription Take Back Day is October 26, 2019. Find a location near you at:
https://takebackday.dea.gov/

Although Sesame Street is now on HBO, you can see the segments below for free on Sesame Street Communities on You Tube:
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Hand Puppets And Hard Drugs: ‘Sesame Street’ Tackles The Opioid Crisis “Sesame Street,” the world’s best bad neighborhood.

October is National Bullying Prevention Month!

Make time to listen, take time to talk about bullying. Get started with SAMHSA's KnowBullying app for convo starters. http://bit.ly/KnowBullyingApp

This is good news for Florida; it's in addition to the state's Opioid Response grant.

Florida gets $58 million to fight opioid crisis and help babies being born addicted Florida's First Lady, Casey DeSantis, announces that the state has secured a federal grant to fight opioid addiction, with new attention to babies born addicted.

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The Florida Office of Attorney General Ashley Moody recently launched a new website to help prevent the misuse of prescription painkillers.

Together, We Can Raise Awareness to Help Save Lives in Florida It is important to get your “Dose of Reality” about the risks and dangers of using prescription opioids, as well as the signs of misuse, before it becomes a problem for you or your loved ones.

This is Justin Luke Riley's story. After being in and out of treatment, an ultimatum from his parents became the first step on his recovery journey. Since then, he's started an advocacy group, earned his MBA, and met with a U.S. president.
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Voices for recovery: Justin, Young People in Recovery CEO The celebrates the 23 million Americans living in recovery from addiction. With support from Google, eight of them, ranging from a Google e...

Voices for Recovery: Eight Lives, One Message
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Voices for recovery: Eight lives, one message The celebrates the 23 million Americans living in recovery from addiction. With support from Google, eight of them, ranging from a Google e...