Posts Tagged ‘mental health’
BrainHealth Week starts today! Plus: dancing, personalized mental health, brain stimulation and more
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains e‑newsletter, annoucing the kick-off of BrainHealth Week and featuring some stimulating resources and teasers. #1. BrainHealth Week (February 20–24th) starts today: Explore many fun events including a daily text challenge, a talk with the always great Dr. Tom Insel, and more! #2. Without Brain Health, you do not have…
Read MoreHeadspace Health’s Leslie Witt on the future of mental health: Meditation, text-based coaching, teletherapy, telepsychiatry, and community
Q&A: How Headspace Health’s acquisitions alter its mental health product (MobiHealthNews): Headspace Health has revealed two acquisitions this year, the latest coming earlier this month when the digital mental health company announced the purchase of mental wellness app Shine.
Read MoreQ&A with researcher Robb Rutledge on mental health, expectations, decision-making and, yes, holiday planning!
Have you ever looked forward to a concert, beach vacation, or party only to find yourself not enjoying it as much as you thought you would? You may be suffering from overly high expectations, says psychologist Robb Rutledge of Yale University. Rutledge and his colleagues have been using smartphone-based data collection (via a free app called…
Read MoreHow much should you trust BetterHelp, Talkspace, Cerebral and other mental health start-ups touted by celebrities?
When Pat Paulson’s son told her he was feeling anxious and depressed at college, Paulson went through her Blue Cross Blue Shield provider directory and started calling mental health therapists. No providers in the Wisconsin city where her son’s university is located had openings. So she bought a monthly subscription to BetterHelp, a Mountain View,…
Read MoreUpdate: Playing videogames may be more cognitively beneficial than other forms of screentime like social media, watching videos/ TV
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, featuring timely brain & mental health news and a fun brain teaser to put your temporal lobes to good use :-) #1. Study finds that playing videogames may be more cognitively beneficial for children than other forms of screentime (social media, watching videos/ TV) “Here, we estimated the impact…
Read MoreLarge neuroimaging study finds social isolation to be an early indicator of increased dementia risk
Why do we get a buzz from being in large groups at festivals, jubilees and other public events? According to the social brain hypothesis, it’s because the human brain specifically evolved to support social interactions. Studies have shown that belonging to a group can lead to improved wellbeing and increased satisfaction with life. Unfortunately though, many…
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