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Trauma in the Room: One in Three Teens in Addiction Care Thought of Suicide

Trauma in the Room: One in Three Teens in Addiction Care Thought of Suicide Bioengineer.org reported November 9 on Vasileva and colleagues in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health: among 390 adolescents in the DELTA substance use treatment programme in Dresden, 34.2 percent reported suicidal ideation in the prior two weeks and trauma and depression were pivotal correlates. Source Adolescent Substance Use Study Identifies Trauma and Depression Links to Suicidality — Bioengineer.org, November 9, 2026, reporting Vasileva and colleagues in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

One Drink Is Too Many: Dusty Slay on the Bender That Ended It

One Drink Is Too Many: Dusty Slay on the Bender That Ended It USA TODAY reported November 10 that comedian Dusty Slay, in his new essay collection We're Having a Good Time, opens up about drug use, a 2001 arrest that blocked his Army enlistment, and quitting drinking in 2012 after a three-day bender. Source Comedian Dusty Slay opens up about drug use, arrest and the moment he got sober — USA TODAY, November 10, 2026

Your Walk May Be Talking: What Your Stride Reveals About Your Mind

Your Walk May Be Talking: What Your Stride Reveals About Your Mind Medical Xpress reported November 9 on the University of Miami MindStep project: researchers Eltoukhy and Britton are tracking how college students walk to find objective signals of anxiety and depression, with early results linking depression symptoms to stride changes under mental load. Source Could the way we walk give clues about our mental health? — Medical Xpress, November 9, 2026, reporting the University of Miami MindStep project

Treat the Back First: The Care That Cut Opioid Risk by a Third

Treat the Back First: The Care That Cut Opioid Risk by a Third Drugs.com reported November 9, via HealthDay, on a JAMA Network Open study of 399,500 Medicaid patients with new acute low back pain: guideline-compliant nonpharmacologic care was linked to lower opioid use disorder or overdose risk, while higher-dose or longer opioid starts raised risk sharply. Source Nonpharmacologic Therapy Cuts Opioid Use Disorder Risk With Low Back Pain — Drugs.com, November 9, 2026, via HealthDay, reporting Doan and colleagues in JAMA Network Open

Money and Mind Together: Help That Treats Both for Displaced Families

Money and Mind Together: Help That Treats Both for Displaced Families A pilot evaluation of the Building the Future Toolkit in Quito, Ecuador, found 50 displaced families and staff rated integrated mental health and economic support highly acceptable and feasible, while stressing it was an implementation study, not an efficacy trial, Bioengineer.org reported November 8. Source Evaluating Mental Health and Economic Support Integration for Displaced Families in Ecuador — Bioengineer.org, November 8, 2026, reporting Vergara and colleagues in Conflict and Health

Hosts

Cecil Gailey Jr.

Cecil Gailey Jr.

Host of Boomer in Recovery
Damon Frank

Damon Frank

Host of The Recovered Life Show | Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Podcast
Kelly Schuster

Kelly Schuster

Host of Recovery Rocks