Posts Tagged ‘Psychology’
Next: Harnessing Neuroplasticity, Medication AND Psychotherapy to treat mental health conditions
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…
Read MoreAPA: With digital mental health going mainstream, will/ should psychologists be able to “prescribe” interventions?
Mental health, meet venture capital (APA): Until recently, mental health was a relative blip on the radar of venture capitalists. But over the past few years, and particularly since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, private investors have made a dramatic run for this space, pouring $3.1 billion into mental health ventures by the third…
Read MoreStudy: Depression affects visual perception … making it more accurate
Depression affects visual perception (press release by University of Helsinki): Researchers specialised in psychiatry and psychology at the University of Helsinki investigated the effects of depression on visual perception. The study confirmed that the processing of visual information is altered in depressed people, a phenomenon most likely linked with the processing of information in the…
Read MoreVirtual-reality gaming + affordable biofeedback = Anxiety therapy for all?
Videogame Technology Could Bring Biofeedback Therapy to the Living Room (The Wall Street Journal): For decades, use of biofeedback to help sufferers of anxiety, among other psychological conditions, has largely been limited to clinical settings with expensive—and somewhat tedious—medical equipment. Now, with an assist from developers of virtual-reality games, effective therapeutic biofeedback is becoming more…
Read MoreStudy finds clear–yet surprisingly different–benefits in 3 types of meditation-based mental training
___ As citizens of the 21st century, we face many problems that come with an industrialized and globalized world. I’m not a lawyer or a politician, but a psychologist and neuroscientist. So research on how to train helpful mental and social capacities is my way to contribute to a more healthy, communal, and cooperative civilization. For…
Read MoreStudy finds the limits of putting oneself in another’s shoes (instead, ask and listen)
___ I still remember the time I tried to comfort one of my best friends when her father died. Because I’d lost my own parents years before, I thought I understood her pain. But, when I offered sympathy, she balked. Her father’s death had been transcendent, filled with love and family connection. She didn’t feel…
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