UCLA launches major mental health study collecting & analyzing data from Apple wearables to better understand depression and anxiety

Apple and UCLA kick off a three-year depres­sion study (CNBC): UCLA on Tues­day said it is launch­ing a three-year study to bet­ter under­stand how fac­tors such as sleep, phys­i­cal activ­i­ty, heart rate and dai­ly rou­tines impact symp­toms of depres­sion and anx­i­ety. UCLA is work­ing with Apple to design the study, which will use data collected…

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Update: Four tips to practice good mental hygiene during the coronavirus outbreak

__ Time for a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing this time 14 time­ly news and resources for men­tal health and brain health inno­va­tion. First of all, let’s remain safe, healthy, and cen­tered dur­ing the cur­rent health cri­sis by fol­low­ing these tips pro­vid­ed by the Greater Good Sci­ence Cen­ter at UC Berke­ley: 1. Stay calm and…

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Study: A brief sleep intervention can bring measurable and sustained benefits to children with ADHD

 Sleep prob­lems are com­mon in chil­dren with ADHD, are more per­sis­tent than in the gen­er­al pop­u­la­tion, and often exac­er­bate dif­fi­cul­ties asso­ci­at­ed with ADHD. For exam­ple, poor sleep can enhance dif­fi­cul­ties with atten­tion and con­cen­tra­tion that most youth with ADHD expe­ri­ence. Research has shown that brief sleep inter­ven­tions can improve sleep in youth with­out ADHD who…

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CVS Health: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) apps may help you more than sleeping pills

__________ Sleep Ther­a­py for the Mass­es May Be Com­ing to You Soon (The New York Times): “CVS Health wants to help mil­lions of Amer­i­can work­ers improve their sleep. So for the first time, the big phar­ma­cy ben­e­fits man­ag­er is offer­ing a pure­ly dig­i­tal ther­a­py as a pos­si­ble employ­ee ben­e­fit. The com­pa­ny is encour­ag­ing employ­ers to cover…

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