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Neuroengineering meets neuroethics to address treatment-resistant depression
Dr. Maryam Shanechi. Credit: USC Viterbi ___________________ Is This the Future of Mental Health? (USC Viterbi School of Engineering): “Brain–machine interfaces (BMIs) provide a direct pathway to the brain to translate brain signals into actions … Below, Shanechi (Note: Maryam Shanechi, PhD, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering) answers some questions about her work and what the future might hold for our understanding and treatment of mental disorders. What potential does this hold for the future not just of mental health, but of understanding our brains as a whole? Neuropsychiatric disorders ar...
Source: SharpBrains - November 8, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology brain health brain signals brain-machine interfaces depressive disorders emotion regulation engineering future Maryam Shanechi mental health neural Neuroethics neuropsychiatri Source Type: blogs

How to Define Continuum of Care
This article presents how to define of continuum of care, including objectives, basic components, and operating principles. The purpose is to provide a concept that will encourage leadership by offering a vision for the future and providing a framework to guide day-to-day decision-making. By helping people throughout every aspect of care, not just the treatment itself, their chances for long-term sobriety increase exponentially. While receiving initial behavioral and medical treatment for addiction is important, so are the stages of treatment that follow. Just because a client completes a treatment program in inpatient reh...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - October 28, 2019 Category: Addiction Authors: Jaclyn Uloth Tags: Addiction Addiction Recovery Complementary Therapies Comprehensive behavioral treatment addiction treatment aftercare continuum of care treating addicts treatment center treatment facilities treatment facility treatment options tre Source Type: blogs

Indigenous Medicine – From Illegal to Integral
Brooke Warren Phuoc Le By PHUOC LE, MD and BROOKE WARREN In the 2020 Summer Olympics, we will undoubtedly see large, red circles down the arms and backs of many Olympians. These spots are a side-effect of cupping, a treatment originating from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to reduce pain. TCM is a globally used Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), but it still battles its critics who think it is only a belief system, rather than a legitimate medical practice. Even so, the usage of TCM continues to grow. This led the National Institute of Health (NIH) to sponsor a meeting in 1997 to determine...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 25, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Medical Practice Arc Health Brooke Warren complementary and alternative medicine cupping indigenous medicine Phuoc Le TCM traditional chinese medicine Source Type: blogs

How to Determine Luxury Treatment vs Normal Treatment
Deciding what type of treatment center to go to, now that you’ve made the decision to get sober, can be pretty difficult. Finding the right treatment center and the right treatment program will make all the difference in your long-term recovery and sobriety, so how do you know when you have found the right one? Sometimes, it can come down to the simplest details, which is why knowing how to determine luxury treatment vs normal treatment is extremely important. The Luxury Treatment Difference If you are used to a certain lifestyle, you don’t have to give it all up just to enter treatment for addiction. In fact, the com...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - August 23, 2019 Category: Addiction Authors: Jaclyn Uloth Tags: Alcohol Rehab Information Drug Rehab Information Drug Treatment Sober Living and Aftercare addiction treatment addiction treatment center drug treatment center luxury luxury drug rehabilitation luxury heroin rehab treating addicts tr Source Type: blogs

Podcast: Is Mental Illness a Made up Disorder?
In this episode, our hosts discuss whether or not mental illness is a real disorder or if it’s just something that medical and pharmaceutical companies made up to make a profit. SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW “Instead of taking my psychiatric medications this morning, should I have just gone to yoga?” – Michelle Hammer Highlights from ‘Mental Illness Made Up’ Episode [2:00] Is mental illness real? [4:00] Yoga doesn’t cure all mental illnesses, just like it wouldn’t cure cancer. [16:00] Dealing with people who think mental illness is not real. [19:30] Eating disorders are such a stigmatized menta...
Source: World of Psychology - August 5, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gabe Howard Tags: A Bipolar, A Schizophrenic, and a Podcast Brain and Behavior Disorders General Source Type: blogs

10 Natural Remedies to Defeat Seasonal Allergies
You're reading 10 Natural Remedies to Defeat Seasonal Allergies, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. The roses are in bloom and gardens scintillating. But you cannot stop to smell and enjoy the lovely scent because you are already on Claritin allergy medication. When spring beckons, allergic sneezes, skin peeling, flaking, and itching become the order of the day. But allergies are not just common in springs. Some people experience allergic reactions even in summer, falls, and winter. Though the common rem...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - July 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dispick Tags: featured health and fitness self improvement allergies natural remedies Source Type: blogs

The allure of complementary and alternative medicine
“Complementary and alternative medicine” (CAM) is a category that includes all the methods of physical or mental healing that do not fall under the umbrella of western medicine. Examples include comprehensive healing traditions from other cultures, such as Chinese or Ayurvedic (Indian) medicine; herbal remedies; and a wide variety of mind-body treatments, such as meditation […]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 - June 28, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/steven-reidbord" rel="tag" > Steven Reidbord, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Meds Medications Psychiatry Source Type: blogs

How Do I Pick the Right Facility?
How Do I Pick the Right Facility for My Addiction? Finally making the decision to get help for your addiction is a huge, difficult step. Admitting you have a problem and expressing the desire to want to fix it is life-saving. Almost as difficult as making the decision to go to a facility is trying to pick the right facility. There are so many factors to consider, and finding the right facility can make all the difference in your long-term sobriety and recovery. As you do your research, we’ve compiled the most important points for you to keep in mind. Staff and Accreditations at the Facility When you are picking a facilit...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - June 22, 2019 Category: Addiction Authors: Jaclyn Uloth Tags: Addiction Addiction Recovery Addiction Treatment and Program Resources Behavioral Addictions Complementary Therapies Comprehensive behavioral treatment Drug Rehab Information Holistic Treatment Protocols Sober Living and Aftercare Substa Source Type: blogs

Is There a Cure for Addiction?
Addiction is a chronic condition that leads to overdose and death. Addiction ruins lives, families and devastates communities. If you are suffering from addiction, it can be normal to ask yourself hard questions such as, “will I suffer from addiction forever? Is there a cure for addiction?” While there is no magic wand that can cure addiction, it is a treatable condition. When addiction is treated, people can go on to live normal, happy, healthy lives. While addiction may cause a lot of destruction and fractured relationships in its path, people can repair and move on from them as well. The Cure for Addiction: Treatme...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - June 14, 2019 Category: Addiction Authors: Jaclyn Uloth Tags: Addiction Addiction Recovery Complementary Therapies Comprehensive behavioral treatment Healthy Eating and Recovery Mental Health Sober Living and Aftercare Substance Abuse addicted to alcohol addiction help addiction recovery programs Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, May 20th 2019
Fight Aging! provides a weekly digest of news and commentary for thousands of subscribers interested in the latest longevity science: progress towards the medical control of aging in order to prevent age-related frailty, suffering, and disease, as well as improvements in the present understanding of what works and what doesn't work when it comes to extending healthy life. Expect to see summaries of recent advances in medical research, news from the scientific community, advocacy and fundraising initiatives to help speed work on the repair and reversal of aging, links to online resources, and much more. This content is...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 19, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

Mitochondrial Function and the Association Between Health and Intelligence
Intelligent people tend to have a longer life expectancy. Is this because they also tend to have more education, be wealthier, and make better lifestyle choices? This web of correlations is hard to untangle. Might there also be underlying physical mechanisms that contribute to this well known association between intelligence and long-term health, however? Are more intelligent people a little more physically robust, on average? There is some evidence for this sort of effect to be present in other species, and some genetic studies suggest that common variants affect both traits, while twin studies also add evidence in favor ...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 17, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs

SMART Recovery vs 12 Step
What is the difference between SMART Recovery vs 12 Step? If you or a loved one is suffering from addiction and have made the decision to get help, choosing the right program can be difficult. There are so many options available as far as treatment centers, residential rehab, outpatient rehab, whether to go out of town, stay at home and more. There’s also the decision of whether SMART Recovery or 12 Step might be right for you. Finding a program that clicks for you will make all the difference, so read on to find out more about SMART Recovery vs 12 Step. Understanding SMART Recovery According to SMARTRecovery.org, SMART ...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - May 16, 2019 Category: Addiction Authors: Jaclyn Uloth Tags: Addiction Addiction Recovery Complementary Therapies Comprehensive behavioral treatment Sober Living and Aftercare Substance Abuse addiction treatment alcohol treatment drug addiction treatment drug treatment drug treatment center SM Source Type: blogs

Treating constipation with biofeedback for the pelvic floor
Constipation is often clinically defined as having three or fewer bowel movements a week. Sometimes this is about expectations; people generally feel like they’re not “healthy” if they don’t have a bowel movement every day. But three bowel movements a week can be normal for some people, especially if that has been their pattern for a long time. There are many other factors that affect how people perceive bowel movements. According to the Rome IV criteria of constipation often used in research, frequency alone doesn’t explain all complaints of constipation. Patients complaining of two or more of the following also...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - May 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Judy Nee, MD Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Digestive Disorders Health Source Type: blogs

9 Facts That Exercise Helps Reduce Depression and Anxiety
You're reading 9 Facts That Exercise Helps Reduce Depression and Anxiety, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. It's a disheartening fact that an estimated twenty per cent of Australians will suffer from depression and anxiety at some stage of their lives. With a population of approximately twenty-five million that's around five million people. Although there's often a belief that the two conditions are the same there are distinct differences between them but exercise can be a remedy for both. 1. Sense of Purpos...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - April 29, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Patrick-WPat Tags: confidence depression featured happiness health and fitness motivation productivity tips psychology self improvement success anxiety and depression benefits from exercise best self improvement Source Type: blogs