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Completing small, simple tasks in a video game, such as the newly-released ‘Pokemon Pokopia,’ gives players a dopamine rush of satisfaction and achievement. (The Pokémon Company International)

The transactional — and optimizable — connections of ‘cozy video games’

“Cozy gaming” offers emotional comfort, community and a sense of control through low-stakes, repetitive play. It also features worlds where relationships are transactional.
Including employment support in psychiatric care can improve quality of life. Maskot/Getty Images

What’s the equivalent of a wheelchair for a person with schizophrenia? How psychiatric rehabilitation brings community into care

Helping patients navigate disability outside the clinic is critical to rehabilitation for physical conditions. People with psychiatric conditions can benefit from the same philosophy.
Eaton fire survivors gather in Altadena, Calif., to talk about recovery six months after the LA fires. Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images

LA fires showed how much neighborliness matters for wildfire safety

Managing fire risk is about more than regulations and rules. It’s also about caring for neighbors and taking steps on your own property and in your community to help keep neighbors safe.
Charli XCX performs during a celebration of the annual release of Spotify Wrapped in 2022 in Los Angeles. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Spotify

The marketing genius of Spotify Wrapped

Spotify has hit a marketing sweet spot: Users feel compelled to share their annual listening habits and, in doing so, advertise the streaming service to their legions of followers.
The war in Syria that began in 2011 sparked mass migration to neighbouring Turkey. In this photo, Syrians work in their bakery shop in Istanbul’s working-class district of Kucukcekmece on July 5, 2019. Bulent Kilic/AFP

Syrian forced migrants in Turkey have built businesses despite challenges. Here’s what has helped them succeed

Research into these entrepreneurs may carry lessons for societies and governments around the world.
About 6% of American adults have a serious mental health condition. Dmitrii Marchenko/Moment Collection via Getty Images

Philadelphians with mental illness want to work, pray, date and socialize just like everyone else – here’s how creating more inclusive communities is good for public health

Creating inclusive communities means not just offering services to people with serious mental illness, but changing negative beliefs and behaviors toward them.

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