Posts Tagged ‘mental health disorders’
Can biofeedback-based videogames help children better manage stress? Magellan Health and Mightier secure $2 million NIMH grant to investigate
Mightier and Magellan Health Launch NIMH-Funded Research to Improve Outcomes in Children’s Mental Health through the Use of Video Games (press release): Mightier, provider of a ground-breaking video game system for teaching children emotional regulation, today announced the company has been awarded a $2 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to…
Read MoreNext: Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy?
How ecstasy and psilocybin are shaking up psychiatry (Nature): … The Imperial study was one of a spate of clinical trials launched over the past few years using illicit psychedelic drugs such as psilocybin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and MDMA (3,4‑methylenedioxymethamphetamine, also known as molly or ecstasy) to treat mental-health disorders, generally with the close…
Read MoreDigital mental health taking off in Europe
___ These 10 European tech startups want to help you improve your mental fitness (Silicon Canals): “According to a report by WHO Euro (World Health Organisation Europe), in many western countries, mental health disorders are the major cause of disability, accounting for 30% to 40% of chronic sick leaves, and costing nearly 3% of GDP.…
Read MoreStudy finds psychiatric diagnoses to be ‘scientifically meaningless’
__________ Psychiatric diagnosis ‘scientifically meaningless’ (Science Daily): “A new study, published in Psychiatry Research, has concluded that psychiatric diagnoses are scientifically worthless as tools to identify discrete mental health disorders. The study, led by researchers from the University of Liverpool, involved a detailed analysis of five key chapters of the latest edition of the widely used…
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