'In countries such as the US... universities have become senior centers and care homes, while a whole generation of younger scholars and intellectuals have been blocked from progressing'

When the hurricane season starts, media people may be wondering why this👇 was not the top news.

In this recent paper in Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology, I review the psychotherapy of schizophrenia, including psychodynamic approaches, which I contend are effective and significantly underutilized forms of treatment. psychiatry-psychopharmacology.com/en/the-psychot…

And non-genetic, such as epigenetic.

'For the first time, researchers have formally shown that exposure to toxic #PFAS increases the likelihood of death by cardiovascular disease.'

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Traffic noise causes lifelong harm to baby birds.

science.org/content/articl…

This👇 is evidence of good judgment among mental health clinicians. Psychotherapy and psychiatry are not easy disciplines.

Do urban areas have enough parks in case of power outages? Protect parks and trees.

'South and Southeast Asia braced for more extreme heat... sending the mercury as high as 45 C (113 F)... Residents fled to parks and air-conditioned malls for relief.'
msn.com/en-gb/news/wor…

Why did it take so much time?

'National Sciences Academy Asks Court to Strip Sackler Name From Endowment'

nytimes.com/2024/04/12/hea…

The development of human causal learning and reasoning by Mariel K. Goddu & Alison Gopnik

'We argue that human causal understanding is distinguished by its depersonalized (objective) and decontextualized (general) representations.'

nature.com/articles/s4415…

'If you are really interested in what is going on in the field – I would recommend reading the general literature in the field or summaries about it. The popular press – newspapers and magazines – is clearly not up to the task.'

'Southeast Asia, home to more than 600 million people, is..experiencing a rise in the number of heatwaves... Southeast Asia is an important #rice -producing region, accounting for..40% of global exports... #Heatwaves ..pose a threat to [rice] production.'

scmp.com/opinion/asia-o…

'America´s first Urban 'Agrihood' in #Detroit . It feeds 2,000 households for free from this three-acre garden and has a fruit orchard with 200 trees. It also has a sensory garden for kids.'

streetartutopia.com/2024/04/26/mic…

'I'm a tenured college professor. I'm quitting... #Education is collapsing... Universities aren't institutions of knowledge anymore. They're assets. They're revenue streams.' - Jessica Wildfire
okdoomer.io/im-a-professor…

Sorry therapy researchers—whatever you’re measuring at 8-12 weeks is not “outcome'

'If the treatment is successful, it enables the patient to start, perhaps at a late date, or to make a better start. The result may easily not be ready for description for many years'
—D Winnicott

'The UK is facing dire food shortages..and experts predict this is only the beginning..Extreme weather is wreaking havoc on crops.. England experienced more rainfall...than it has over any 18-month period since record-keeping began in 1836'
#ClimateCrisis
yahoo.com/news/farmers-w…

'I'm a tenured college professor. I'm quitting... #Education is collapsing... Universities aren't institutions of knowledge anymore. They're assets. They're revenue streams.' - Jessica Wildfire
okdoomer.io/im-a-professor…

Police aim sniper rifles at protestors at Ohio State. This is not what any of us — people bearing responsibility for universities — should be doing. It contravenes basic values and risks tragic deaths. dispatch.com/story/news/edu…

Awais Aftab Martin Plöderl “The controversy will not end if they simply stop talking about it. If anything, it will get worse... Universities have become more corporate than many corporations... the only people who seem to know what’s right are the kids on campus...”

twitter.com/PloederlM/stat…

'...I focus on young people. They need to understand the situation and take control.”

- Dr. James E. Hansen, age 82, Director of Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions at Columbia University

#climatebreakdown
#ClimateActionNow
#overshoot

eenews.net/articles/james…