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FOSTERS/ADOPTERS URGENTLY NEEDED in California and surrounding states. BFP helped rescued numerous amazing dogs from the dog meat trade. We could not say no to ...helping these dogs who were about to be someone’s dinner. They need and deserve the family they never had! They are on their way to Los Angeles! If you are interested in Standard Poodles, Golden Retrievers, Basset Hounds, Afghans, Beagles and more, please fill out an application at BFP.ORG/Rescue right away! Please email our adoption team at [email protected] with any questions. For other states and Canada, fostering/adopting may be possible if you can arrange transport. Otherwise, please apply to foster/adopt for our next rescue in your area.

Physicians Report Cases Of New Onset Psychosis In People Infected With SARS-CoV-2 With No Prior History Of Mental Illness The New York Times (3/22) reports some physicians have reported cases of psychotic symptoms emerging weeks after coronavirus infection in some people with no previous mental illness. Physicians say such symptoms may be one manifestation of brain-related aftereffects of Covid-19. The New York Times adds, Along with more common issues like brain fog, memory loss and neurological problems, ‘new onset’ psychosis may result from an immune response, vascular issues or inflammation from the disease process, experts hypothesize. https://www.nytimes.com/20//22/health/covid-psychosis.html

The strange psychological phenomenon that explains why people hate cyclists | Boing Boing In a Simply Psychology essay about Fundamental Attribution Error, Dr. Saul McLeod says that, "People have a cognitive bias to assume that a person's actions depend on what 'kind' of person that person is rather than on the social and environmental forces that influence the person." https://boingboing.net//the-strange-psychological-phenomen

We Feel ‘Alonely’ When We Don’t Get Enough Time By Ourselves | VICE.COM "...they're finding that too little time alone can lead to similar feelings of stress, depression, or negative moods that loneliness can. It’s an area that’s become incredibly relevant for the enduring social limbo we’ve found ourselves in. I have to say, it's certainly become an interesting time to be someone who studies social isolation, loneliness, and solitude, Coplan said." https://www.vice.com//we-feel-alonely-when-we-dont-get-eno

Your therapist is trying to cope with the pandemic, too | THELILY.COM "In a survey of therapists by the American Psychological Association published in October,... 74 percent of therapists saw an increase in demand for anxiety disorder treatment since the start of the pandemic, and 60 percent saw a rise in demand for depression disorder treatment. In the same survey, 41 percent of therapists reported feeling burned out." https://www.thelily.com/your-therapist-is-trying-to-cope-w/

Systematic Review Reveals No Association Between Beta-Blocker Therapy And Depression HealthDay (3/15) reports, There seems to be no association between ß-blocker therapy and depression, investigators concluded after analyzing data from 285 eligible studies with 53,533 patients. The findings of the systematic review and meta-analysis were published online March 15 in Hypertension. https://consumer.healthday.com/review-ss-blocker-therapy-no