Time to adopt Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) as a public health intervention to ease depression?

By Greater Good Science Center | October 15, 2018

___ As near­ly 10,000 fresh­men and trans­fers arrived on cam­pus at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia, Los Ange­les, last fall, they were invit­ed to try some­thing nev­er before offered dur­ing stu­dent ori­en­ta­tion: depres­sion screen­ing. The hope, admin­is­tra­tors explained, is that by iden­ti­fy­ing their risk for depres­sion, stu­dents can get the sup­port they need before they face…

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ABC mental health campaign aims at increasing participation in social, recreational activities

By SharpBrains | August 29, 2018

___ Here’s a men­tal health work­out that’s as sim­ple as ABC (The Con­ver­sa­tion): “While we take phys­i­cal work­outs very seri­ous­ly, there is much less said about the “work­outs” that help us remain men­tal­ly agile and healthy. But just as with phys­i­cal health, there are sim­ple and prac­ti­cal ways that can help every­one to enjoy good mental…

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New book on how “Forest Bathing” can promote physical and mental health

By Greater Good Science Center | August 22, 2018

“Nature deficit dis­or­der” is a mod­ern afflic­tion. With more peo­ple liv­ing in cities, work­ing in high-rise office build­ings, and becom­ing addict­ed to their innu­mer­able elec­tron­ic devices, many of us are indeed expe­ri­enc­ing a nature deficit. This is true for chil­dren and adults alike. In his new book, For­est Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find…

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Update: Meditation-based mental training can lead to clear –yet surprisingly varied– cognitive and emotional benefits

By SharpBrains | July 31, 2018

_____ Dear read­er, Time for Sharp­Brains month­ly e‑newsletter, dis­cussing lat­est think­ing, research and tools for life­long brain health and men­tal health. Enjoy! New think­ing: Study finds clear–yet sur­pris­ing­ly different–benefits in 3 types of med­i­­ta­­tion-based men­tal train­ing Tech­nol­o­gy and the Cog­ni­tion Cri­sis Think twice before tak­ing Ader­all for cog­ni­tive enhance­ment: It may actu­al­ly impair work­ing mem­o­ry and…

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Digital Mental Health: the Hurt, the Hype, the Hope

By SharpBrains | July 18, 2018

Kick­start­ed with a keynote by scientist/ pol­i­­cy-mak­er/ entre­pre­neur Dr. Tom Insel,  the Sum­mit host­ed a Brainnova­tions Pitch Con­test (details HERE) to dis­cuss the lat­est tech­nolo­gies for Brain Health & Enhance­ment. 12 select­ed star­tups pitched their inno­v­a­tive approach and solu­tions to our dis­tin­guished Judges –our very own “Sharp Tank”– and to all Sum­mit par­tic­i­pants. 8.30–9.15am. Dig­i­tal Men­tal Health: the Hurt, the Hype, the Hope (record­ing…

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