Posts Tagged ‘NIMH’
Maximizing brain fitness and mental well-being improves both public health and individual quality of life
We’re having a good conversation among SharpBrains Summit participants, prompted by the blog post Lifelong brain wellness and performance–not medical disease–drives growing demand for digital brain health solutions. In what is a beautiful example of the need to see both the forest and the trees
Read MoreTranscript: Online Q&A on the Future of Brain Health with Alvaro Fernandez
Below you can find the full transcript of our engaging Q&A session today, Friday March 16th, on brain sustainability, retooling brain health, and applied neuroplasticity, with Alvaro Fernandez, SharpBrains’ Co-Founder who’s just been named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. You can learn more about the topic by reading this 2011 SharpBrains Summit…
Read MorePersonalized Medicine in Psychiatry: from DSM to brain-based RDoC, iSPOT‑D and biomarkers
(Editor’s Note: this is Part 2 of the new 3‑part series written by Dr. Evian Gordon drawing from his participation at the Personalized Medicine World Congress on January, 23, 2012 at Stanford University.) Most Personalized Medicine research in Psychiatry using molecular measures alone have failed to replicate. Whilst disappointing, this is not surprising, since 80%…
Read MoreAn Emerging Era of Big Data (in Mental Health too)
We just came accross an excellent article by Dr. Thomas Insel, Director of the National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH), titled An Emerging Era of Big Data. The article is brief and worth reading. Here are two quotes: — “Every era has its technological icons. In the early 20th century, it was the airplane and…
Read MoreThinking 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
Read More36-Hour Offer: Integrative Neuroscience, Personalized Medicine and the 2011 SharpBrains Summit
An impressive recent reference book on the future of brain care is Integrative Neuroscience and Personalized Medicine, edited by Evian Gordon and Stephen H. Koslow (Oxford University Press; $89.95). Book description: This book takes an in depth and hard look at the current status and future direction of treatment predictive markers in Personalized Medicine for…
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