Major evidence review supports an “exercise prescription” for most adults to boost mental health and well-being

When you head to your week­ly yoga class or lift weights at the gym, you’re doing some­thing good for your phys­i­cal health: get­ting more fit today, and so pro­tect­ing your body into the future. What you may not always think about, though, is that you’re also pro­tect­ing your­self from anx­i­ety and depression—about as much as…

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UK report identifies opportunities and gaps for digital tech to improve, not harm, mental health

Gov­ern­ment urged to invest in digi­ti­sa­tion of men­tal health ser­vices (Med-Tech News): The Men­tal Health Tech Land­scape Review, released today by Future Care Cap­i­tal (FCC), not only rec­om­mends a range of mea­sures to enable high­er qual­i­ty care through the use of tech­nol­o­gy, but it also shows that there is poten­tial for the devel­op­ment of a…

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25 Key Resources to Improve Brain Health and Mental Health

Dear Sharp­Brains read­er, We have com­piled 25 impor­tant resources dis­cussed dur­ing the 2015 and 2016 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mits–where hun­dreds of pro­fes­sion­als from 15+ coun­tries met (vir­tu­al­ly) to rein­vent brain health in the dig­i­tal age. We hope these resources prove to be valu­able to every­one work­ing on ways to improve brain health and men­tal health. Please enjoy these 25…

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Thinking globally to improve mental health: New NIH initiative

Think­ing glob­al­ly to improve men­tal health: NIH announces inter­na­tion­al research ini­tia­tive (press release): — “The Grand Chal­lenges in Glob­al Men­tal Health Ini­tia­tive, led by the Nation­al Insti­tutes of Health and the Glob­al Alliance for Chron­ic Dis­eases, has iden­ti­fied the top 40 bar­ri­ers to bet­ter men­tal health around the world. Sim­i­lar to past grand chal­lenges, which 

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