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- How to approach a reduce problem https://thoughtbot.com/blog/how-to-approach-a-reduce-problem 2 comments ruby
- Counselling techniques used to help young people with drinking problems may be of limited benefit, a new study suggests: Researchers found that an approach known as motivational interviewing did not substantially reduce drinking or alter alcohol-related behaviour http://as.wiley.com/wileycda/pressrelease/pressreleaseid-111488.html 4 comments science
- Prohibition has been the core strategy of America’s War on Drugs and gun control. The problem is that this approach has completely failed to reduce the availability or negative effects of drugs and has little chance of reducing access to guns. http://www.indypendent.org/2012/08/20/gun-prohibition-not-solution 15 comments politics
- Stress increases beliefs that underlie disorders and conspiracy theories. Measures aimed at reducing social stress—a basic income or better job protection—could be the most effective approach for tackling problems such as depression, psychosis, discrimination and conspiracy theories. https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2203149119 445 comments science