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Study: Social media and general tech engagement not found to “fry” teenagers’ brains

May 10, 2021 by SharpBrains

Lit­tle to no increase in asso­ci­a­tion between ado­les­cents’ men­tal health prob­lems and dig­i­tal tech (Sci­ence Daily):

With the explo­sion in dig­i­tal enter­tain­ment options over the past sev­er­al decades and the more recent restric­tions on out­door and in-per­son social activ­i­ties, par­ents may wor­ry that exces­sive engage­ment with dig­i­tal tech­nol­o­gy could have long-term effects on their chil­dren’s men­tal health.

A new study pub­lished in the jour­nal Clin­i­cal Psy­cho­log­i­cal Sci­ence, how­ev­er, found lit­tle evi­dence for an increased asso­ci­a­tion between ado­les­cents’ tech­nol­o­gy engage­ment and men­tal health prob­lems over the past 30 years. The data did not con­sis­tent­ly sup­port the sug­ges­tion that the tech­nolo­gies we wor­ry about most (e.g., smart­phones) are becom­ing more harm­ful… [Read more…] about Study: Social media and gen­er­al tech engage­ment not found to “fry” teenagers’ brains

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: adolescents, depression, digital technology, mental health, mental health problems, smartphones, social-media

Debate: Can mindfulness and meditation be harmful?

October 14, 2020 by SharpBrains

Yes (in per­haps 8% of indi­vid­u­als). Can mind­ful­ness and med­i­ta­tion be harm­ful? (Sci­ence Focus):

Med­i­ta­tion has escaped both the reli­gious cells of monks and nuns and the labs of sci­en­tists. An increas­ing num­ber of peo­ple are using med­i­ta­tion apps to deal with men­tal health prob­lems, such as depres­sion and anx­i­ety. Although there is no clear esti­mate of how many peo­ple are prac­tis­ing med­i­ta­tion, last year one sin­gle app had close to 40 mil­lion down­loads. [Read more…] about Debate: Can mind­ful­ness and med­i­ta­tion be harmful?

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: anxiety, depression, harm, harmful, meditation, meditation apps, mental health, mental health problems, mindfulness, negative side effects, side effects, Stress

Large study with twins highlights the limited role of genetics in mental health and the importance of effective early interventions for ADHD

November 28, 2018 by Dr. David Rabiner

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Mul­ti­ple stud­ies have indi­cat­ed that, on aver­age, youth with ADHD have poor­er out­comes in young adult­hood in mul­ti­ple areas com­pared to their unaf­fect­ed peers.

A lim­i­ta­tion of these stud­ies, how­ev­er, is that they have not typ­i­cal­ly dis­tin­guished between indi­vid­u­als whose ADHD per­sists into adult­hood from those where the con­di­tion remits. [Read more…] about Large study with twins high­lights the lim­it­ed role of genet­ics in men­tal health and the impor­tance of effec­tive ear­ly inter­ven­tions for ADHD

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Filed Under: Attention & ADD/ADHD, Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: adhd, ADHD symptopms, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Genetics, mental health problems, psychiatry, symptopms

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