Top Mental Health Blogs for 2020 —the Bestest Year EVER!
All was not terrible in 2020. The press will convince you otherwise, but their job is to panic you into thinking the world is ending any minute …again…so that you click on their news links to help them make money. I'm sure your personal life is filled with happy events that spit in the eye of Cynicism 2020. In fact, I'm positive I can rattle off dozens of such events in my own personal life. For example, my ex and I successfully gained guardianship over our learning disabled daughter. Pretty good, huh? I filed pro se, and the hearing went without a hitch. Take that,ADHD! I sold another article to ADDitude Magazine...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - December 8, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ADHD Depression Goodreads Hobnobbing Source Type: blogs
Top Mental Health Blogs for 2020 —the Bestest Year EVER!
All was not terrible in 2020. The press will try to convince you otherwise, but their job is to panic you into thinking the world is ending any minute …again…so that you click on their news links to help them make money. I ' m sure your personal life is filled with happy events that spit in the eye of Cynicism 2020. In fact, I ' m positive I can rattle off dozens of such events in my own personal life. For example, my ex and I successfully gained guardianship over our learning disabled daughter. Pretty good, huh? I filed pro se, and the hearing went without a hitch. Take that,ADHD! I sold another article to ADDitu...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - December 8, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ADHD Depression Goodreads Hobnobbing Source Type: blogs
The Most Talented Person Ever Probably Had ADHD
The mental health condition affects up to one in twenty.
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Accept Yourself: How to feel a profound sense of warmth and self-compassion
The Anxiety Plan: 42 Strategies For Worry, Phobias, OCD and Panic
Spark: 17 Steps That Will Boost Your Motivation For Anything
Activate: How To Find Joy Again By Changing What You Do (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - December 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Mental Health Source Type: blogs
Studies identify key ethical concerns raised by invasive and non-invasive neurotechnologies
Studies outline key ethical questions surrounding brain-computer interface tech (NCSU release):
Brain-computer interface (BCI) technologies are no longer hypothetical, yet there are fundamental aspects of the technology that remain unaddressed by both ethicists and policy-makers. Two new papers address these issues by outlining the outstanding ethical issues, offering guidance for addressing those issues, and offering particular insight into the field of BCI tech for cognitive enhancement.
“BCI devices can be non-invasive devices that users wear, or they can be invasive devices, which are surgically implanted,” says Ve...
Source: SharpBrains - November 23, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Peak Performance Technology & Innovation BCI brain-computer interface cognitive cognitive-enhancement ethics Neuroethics Neurotechnology non-invasive neurotechnologies non-invasive neurotechnology Source Type: blogs
FDA grants clearance for NightWare app designed to reduce PTSD-related nightmares
FDA grants De Novo clearance to prescription Apple Watch app for nightmare disorder (MobiHealth News):
The FDA granted Minneapolis-based NightWare a De Novo clearance on Friday for its Apple Watch and iPhone app designed to improve the sleep quality of those experiencing nightmare disorder and nightmares related to PTSD.
The digital therapeutic – which received breakthrough designation from the agency last year – uses the Watch’s sensors to track the heart rate and movement of users as they sleep. After establishing a baseline profile for the patient within one or two nights’ sleep, the machine learning algorithm s...
Source: SharpBrains - November 16, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation Apple Watch De Novo clearance digital therapeutic FDA heart-rate iPhone app machine-learning nightmares NightWare prescription PTSD sleep quality Source Type: blogs
Using Reddit as a population-level “mental health tracker” during the COVID pandemic
Conclusions: By using a broad set of NLP techniques and analyzing a baseline of prepandemic posts, we uncovered patterns of how specific mental health problems manifest in language, identified at-risk users, and revealed the distribution of concerns across Reddit, which could help provide better resources to its millions of users. We then demonstrated that textual analysis is sensitive to uncover mental health complaints as they appear in real time, identifying vulnerable groups and alarming themes during COVID-19, and thus may have utility during the ongoing pandemic and other world-changing events such as elections and p...
Source: SharpBrains - November 9, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Technology & Innovation Uncategorized anxiety machine-learning mental health natural language processing pandemic Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Reviewing Netflix ’ s Ratched
Have you seen the Netflix series Ratched? In today’s Not Crazy podcast, we discuss whether the show gives an accurate portrayal of 1940’s mental illness treatments. And to help us out, we welcome Rachel Star Withers, the podcast host of Inside Schizophrenia and a person who lives with schizophrenia, to discuss her views of the show.
Are the lobotomies and hydrotherapy treatments portrayed in the show realistic? Did doctors really do lobotomies on children? Join us as we take a deeper look into this popular miniseries.
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Source: World of Psychology - November 3, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Not Crazy Podcast Tags: General Movie Review Not Crazy Podcast Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
On neurons, lifelong learning, meditation, humility, “empty brain calories” and more
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, featuring 12 fascinating neuroscience findings and open questions–and the beautiful image above.
#1. “With this image I want to illustrate the large advances made in imaging methods over the past century, allowing modern neuroscientists to look at neurons in ways that Cajal could have only dreamed of.” – Silvia Rodriguez-Rozada, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, Hamburg. Award-winning image shows neuroimaging progress in a century
#2. One more reason why lifelong learning matters: Study: High Cognitive Reserve (CR) seen to significantly lower dementia risk...
Source: SharpBrains - October 30, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: SharpBrains Monthly eNewsletter awe behavior-therapy brain-enhancement cognitive-bias FDA humility Lifelong-learning medication meditation Memory-Training mental health mindfulness Neurons neuroscience supplements virtual-r Source Type: blogs
The Food Linked To ADHD And Bipolar Disorder (M)
People may become aggressive because they are seeking more of this food.
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Activate: How To Find Joy Again By Changing What You Do (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - October 22, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: ADHD Bipolar Disorder subscribers-only Source Type: blogs
Can what you eat worsen your ADHD? [PODCAST]
“Suzy was a bright and hardworking student. However, even though she was conscientious and generally cheery, her grades began to fall during her senior year, and she started to feel depressed. She also constantly had an upset stomach, which she had just accepted as a way of life. She ’d had an ADHD diagnosis since she […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 20, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/the-podcast-by-kevinmd" rel="tag" > The Podcast by KevinMD < /a > < /span > Tags: Podcast Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
What should come first to treat ADHD in children, behavior therapy or stimulant medication?
In this study, however, this was never done. As a result, we don’t learn whether beginning with combined medication and behavioral treatment may be superior to starting with either in isolation.
Third, parents did not choose which treatment their child started with, or how treatment was augmented if their child’s response was not sufficient. Instead, random assignment was used to determine what treatment(s) children received.
While this randomization is an essential part of a controlled study, in community settings, parents decide what initial and subsequent treatment their child receives. Thus, finding that parents we...
Source: SharpBrains - October 7, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Dr. David Rabiner Tags: Attention and ADD/ADHD Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness AD/HD-treatments behavior behavior-therapy classroom behavior medication-treatment stimulant medication Source Type: blogs
ADHD: ToDo Tabs Done Right
This article was based on an older article originally published onMay 20, 2017. ↩ (Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey)
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - October 1, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ADHD Goodreads Writing Source Type: blogs
Update: A life of cognitive and physical exercise helps you stay sharp in your 70s and beyond
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, featuring 13 fascinating brain research findings, useful resources–and a brain teaser to test your attention skills.
#1. Good news of the month: Elders today are in significantly better shape–physically and cognitively–than three decades ago
#2. A distinction WITH a difference: Actual, sustained practice–not mere knowledge–is needed to harness neuroplasticity and improve cognition over time
#3. “Be mindful that with the rapid changes we are experiencing, our brains are going through accelerated learning. Our brains get tired just as our bodies would if ...
Source: SharpBrains - September 25, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Technology adhd anticholinergic drugs Behavioral Health Boehringer Ingelheim brain teaser for adults brain training brain-teaser brains Click Therapeutics cog Source Type: blogs
Reviewing TIME Mental Health: A New Understanding
I picked upTIME Mental Health: A New Understanding a year ago in the grocery store and slowly worked my way through it. I assumed I would race through the magazine and produce a shining review for my readers to enjoy. Then ADHD happened, which is like saying,“And then I breathed”. When I say“slowly”, I refer to the speed at which glaciers raced across the North American continent. Ultimately, I finished, which is the lesson I take away from my tortoise and hare situation. I wasn’t in competition with anybody, except, perhaps, Father Time, but I must admit that I had an assist from COVID–...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - September 19, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Depression Goodreads Suicide Source Type: blogs
