☀️Savoring the Rays: Your August Rundown☀️

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• Lewiston substance abuse center may close in September
• With $93M Raised, Slingshot Debuts AI-Powered Therapy Service
• English soccer club part of initiative to ‘prescribe football’ to treat mental health conditions
• D.C.’s sole mental health crisis team for kids under threat in new budget
• Lynchburg students honored at alcohol and drug abuse prevention conference
• NYC Health + Hospitals Expands Behavioral Health Services to 41 Domestic Violence Shelters
• Government removes barrier in bid to increase counsellors in public mental health workforce
• Early adversity alters brain architecture and increases susceptibility to mental health disorders

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• ‘He does not feel safe.’ In KY juvenile jail, some scared youths refuse to leave cells
• Michigan mental health privatization plan sparks concern from local provider
• MIT Open Learning bootcamp supports effort to bring invention for long-term fentanyl recovery to market
  
• PA Lawmakers Advance Measures To Improve Juvenile Detention
• Franklin & Chu: Addiction recovery contributes to economic recovery
• Physically restricting mental health patients can often harm them – my new study suggests compassion could change that
• Students feel 'let down' by mental health support - but should it really be up to universities?
• N.J. county launches digital mental health program for first responders
• Upcoming Regulations Will Test SUD Providers’ Telehealth Readiness
• Doctors at Cedars-Sinai develop AI-powered mental health ‘robot’ therapist

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Editor: Amaka Obinna Nwoko

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