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Kids’ mental health ER visits jumped 26% at Children’s Hospital Colorado this summer
The Colorado Sun, Approved, State

Kids’ mental health ER visits jumped 26% at Children’s Hospital Colorado this summer

By Erica Breunlin | The Colorado Sun Summer usually marks a quiet time for mental health programs at Children’s Hospital Colorado. This year, the hospital system saw more students with more severe struggles. A surge of kids struggling with mental health crises spent part of their summer in the emergency department at Children’s Hospital Colorado — a season medical professionals say is typically quiet with a lull in patients. Children’s Hospital Colorado reported a 26% uptick in children showing up at the emergency department because of mental health challenges between June and July this year compared with the same timeframe last year. And the number of kids needing inpatient care at the hospital system jumped more than 55% from 2020 to 2024, according to data provided by the hospi...
When biology meets ideology: Why transgenderism is rooted in magical thinking
American Thinker, Approved, Commentary, National

When biology meets ideology: Why transgenderism is rooted in magical thinking

By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D. | Commentary, American Thinker Magical thinking, according to Google’s AI overview, “is a cognitive distortion where a person believes their thoughts, wishes, or actions can directly influence external events, often without a logical connection.” It’s also known as superstitious thinking. We all see it in children when they knock on wood to invite good luck or when they worry about stepping on a crack. Athletes wear the same socks during games because they believe it helps them win. For kids, magical thinking is a way to handle a complicated and confusing world. But when it continues into adulthood, clinicians classify it as a psychiatric disorder. Schizophrenia, for example, is defined by the ICD-10 medical codebook as a disorder ...
Graphic email threat triggers closure of three Pueblo schools on Monday, sheriff investigating
Approved, KOAA News, Local

Graphic email threat triggers closure of three Pueblo schools on Monday, sheriff investigating

By Ashleigh Quintana | KOAA News5 PUEBLO WEST — Parents, families, and staff in Pueblo School District 70 received an email from the school district that three separate schools will be closed due to threats. The following schools will be closed while the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office investigates the threats: Liberty Point International School District 70 Online Learning Academy, Pueblo West Campus Swallows Charter Academy On Monday, the sheriff's office "will be providing additional resources and will conduct checks at all District 70 campuses to help ensure student and staff safety," according to a representative from D70. According to the school district, there have been "reports of potential threats via multiple channels," but we have learned that the threats we...
Border patrol: Kids as young as 8 are drugged, trafficked into the U.S. by smugglers posing as parents
Approved, National, New York Post

Border patrol: Kids as young as 8 are drugged, trafficked into the U.S. by smugglers posing as parents

By Christina Coulter  | New York Post Border Patrol agents are warning that kids as young as 8 are being drugged and smuggled into the US by traffickers posing as their parents or family members — and nobody knows how common the horrifying practice is. Authorities have rescued children caught up in two different instances of such smuggling in recent weeks — including one instance in which the alleged traffickers had birth certificates for multiple kids to whom they weren’t related, according to the Border Patrol. Border Patrol sources have told The Post they’ve observed increasing numbers of smugglers posing as family units in order to “recycle” children. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE NEW YORK POST

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