Study doesn’t find evidence to link internet access with poorer psychological well-being and mental health

By SharpBrains | December 7, 2023

Is the inter­net bad for men­tal health? What the lat­est study real­ly means. (Mash­able): … Enter a study pub­lished Tues­day by researchers in the jour­nal Clin­i­cal Psy­cho­log­i­cal Sci­ence, which tried but did not suc­ceed in find­ing a com­pelling link between inter­net access and poor men­tal health and well-being. Busi­ness Insid­er, for exam­ple, declared that the…

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Next: Harnessing Neuroplasticity, Medication AND Psychotherapy to treat mental health conditions

By The Conversation | September 6, 2023 |

There is mount­ing recog­ni­tion in the sci­en­tif­ic com­mu­ni­ty that com­bin­ing dif­fer­ent treat­ment approach­es for men­tal health con­di­tions can cre­ate a ben­e­fit greater than the sum of its parts. As a clin­i­cal psy­chol­o­gist and neu­ro­science researcher, I have been work­ing to inte­grate insights from both fields to expand treat­ment options for those suf­fer­ing from depres­sion, anx­i­ety and…

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Alto Neuroscience raises $60M (equity + credit) to help fix the “trial and error” approach to psychiatric medication

By SharpBrains | January 31, 2023

Alto Neu­ro­science bags $25M for four Phase II drugs (End­points News): Anoth­er $25 mil­lion is flow­ing the way of a Cal­i­for­nia biotech attempt­ing to fix the “tri­al and error” sys­tem in neu­ro­science drug R&D. Alto Neu­ro­science picked up the cap­i­tal from Alpha Wave Ven­tures via an exten­sion to its Series B, bring­ing total equi­ty raised…

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Large neuroimaging study finds social isolation to be an early indicator of increased dementia risk

By The Conversation | June 23, 2022

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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From “Eminence-based” to Evidence-based cognitive & mental healthcare: Time for quality and accountability

By SharpBrains | March 31, 2022

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing time­ly brain & men­tal health news, two excel­lent new books and a few fun brain teasers. #1. From “Emi­­nence-based” to Evi­­dence-based men­tal health­care: Time to focus on qual­i­ty and account­abil­i­ty “The real chal­lenge is not find­ing a ther­a­pist, it’s find­ing a ther­a­pist who knows how to provide…

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A great new book and five fun brain teasers to celebrate Brain Awareness Week 2022

By SharpBrains | March 14, 2022

Brain Aware­ness Week 2022 just start­ed! Let’s cel­e­brate our human brains by learn­ing more about neu­ro­science pio­neer San­ti­a­go Ramón y Cajal via a great new book about his life and by chal­leng­ing our minds with a few fun brain teasers and illu­sions below ? First, some fas­ci­nat­ing insights into the “father of mod­ern neu­ro­science” from a superb…

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