Update: Why MDMA-assisted psychotherapy may become an FDA-approved treatment for PTSD within 2 years

By SharpBrains | December 30, 2021

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, shar­ing impor­tant brain/ men­tal health news plus a few fun opti­cal illu­sions to tease and appre­ci­ate our unique human minds. #1. Why MDMA-assist­ed psy­chother­a­py may become an FDA-approved treat­ment for PTSD with­in 2 years “We are a phar­ma­cist and physi­cian team who inves­ti­gate the ben­e­fits and harms asso­ci­at­ed with…

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Solera Health includes Ginger and eMindful to expand digital mental healthcare platform

By SharpBrains | December 6, 2021

Sol­era expands men­tal health net­work with new part­ners Gin­ger and eMind­ful (Fierce Health­care): Sol­era Health, a plat­form that links peo­ple with a curat­ed col­lec­tion of health solu­tions, is adding men­tal health com­pa­nies Gin­ger and eMind­ful to its net­work of part­ners. Gin­ger, a provider of on-demand vir­tu­al men­tal health care, and eMind­ful, which offers evi­­dence-based mindfulness…

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Update: Promote brain plasticity by taking your daily exercise pill — physical and cognitive

By Alvaro Fernandez | July 30, 2021

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing nine sci­en­tif­ic reports and indus­try devel­op­ments to help pro­mote life­long brain health. #1. A must-read, and must-prac­tice: Pro­mote brain plas­tic­i­ty and keep your mind at ease by tak­ing your dai­ly “exer­cise pill” #2. If cog­ni­tive stim­u­la­tion came in a pill it’d be worth a quadrillion, give or…

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Evidence-based, employer-focused meditation program eMindful acquired by digital behavioral change firm Wondr Health

By SharpBrains | July 28, 2021

River­side com­pletes add-on invest­ment to Won­dr Health Plat­form (Pri­vate Equi­ty Wire): The River­side Com­pa­ny, a glob­al pri­vate investor focused on the small­er end of the mid­dle mar­ket, has invest­ed in eMind­ful, a provider of evi­­dence-based, mind­ful­ness pro­grammes for every­day life and chron­ic con­di­tions. The invest­ment is an add-on to Riverside’s Won­dr Health (for­mer­ly Nat­u­ral­ly Slim), a…

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Survey of key scientific, technological and investment trends revolutionizing Brain Health in our Digital Age

By Apoorv Mathur | January 23, 2017

—– Last year I got very inter­est­ed in the func­tion­ing of the human brain and the sci­ence behind mind­ful­ness and learn­ing [1], so was quite excit­ed  to attend the Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit [2] in Decem­ber, indulging in the lat­est trends in applied neu­ro­science and dig­i­tal inno­va­tion. The Sum­mit focused on the theme of rein­vent­ing brain health in the digital…

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