Podcast: Medical Model Errors and Omissions in Treating Mental Illness
From lobotomies to pharmaceutical advertising to forced treatment, let’s discuss some of the more taboo topics in the history of psychiatry. While some of these approaches are obviously terrible (especially in hindsight) others are in the gray area. Should pharmaceutical companies be able to advertise directly to the patient? Is it OK to force psychiatric treatment in certain cases?
What do you think? Tune in to today’s Not Crazy episode for a great discussion on the more controversial topics in the field of psychiatry.
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Source: World of Psychology - August 18, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Not Crazy Podcast Tags: General Not Crazy Podcast Psychiatry Treatment Source Type: blogs
Neuromodulation device Relivion gets FDA clearance to help patients with major depression who don ’t benefit from antidepressant medications
Neurolief wins FDA breakthrough nod for wearable neuromod for depression (Mass Device):
Neurolief announced today that it received FDA breakthrough device designation for its Relivion DP system for treating major depression.
Relivion is a wearable, non-invasive, multi-channel brain neuromodulation device designed as an adjunctive treatment to pharmaceutical management of major depressive disorder (MDD) in adults who haven’t experienced satisfactory improvement from antidepressant medications, according to a news release.
Netanya, Israel-based Neurolief’s Relivion DP is a headset-like device placed on the head to stimul...
Source: SharpBrains - August 12, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology antidepressant medications breakthrough device depression FDA Major Depressive Disorder Neurolief neuromod neuromodulation Psychotherapy Relivion DP treating major depression Source Type: blogs
Wondering about goosebumps? Of course you are
They go by different names: goosebumps, goose pimples, goose flesh, and my personal favorite, goose bumples. The medical term is cutis anserine (cutis means skin and anser means goose). I guess the similarity in texture is just too close to goose skin to ignore. Other medical terms for goosebumps are horripilation, piloerection, or the pilomotor reflex.
Each of these terms describes a temporary change in the skin from smooth to bumpy, most commonly developing after exposure to cold.
Many people associate goosebumps with fear, or perhaps more accurately, with horror. Perhaps that’s why a popular series of children’s hor...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - August 3, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Health Skin and Hair Care Source Type: blogs
Magellan Health is testing biofeedback videogame Mightier to help children better self-regulate stress and behavioral health
Magellan Health piloting Mightier’s video game platform for emotional regulation training (MobiHealthNews):
Scottsdale, Arizona-based Magellan Health announced today that it has launched a pilot of Boston Children’s Hospital spin-out Neuromotion Labs’ Mightier, a biofeedback video game platform designed to help children regulate their emotions.
Since June 22, the managed care company has begun supplying members with autism or other behavioral health conditions a Mightier tablet carrying 25 games that require the player’s focus. This is paired with a heart rate-monitor wearable that monitors members’ natural reac...
Source: SharpBrains - July 29, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Peak Performance Professional Development Technology autism Behavioral Health biofeedback biofeedback video game heart rate-monitor Magellan Health Mightier Neuromotion Labs regulat Source Type: blogs
Interesting To See What Research Into Medical Technology Is Being Funded By Commonwealth Government Grant
This release appeared last week:$18.8 million to supercharge digital health technologies The Australian Government is investing $18.8 million to supercharge the discovery of better treatments for cancer, epilepsy, stroke, paralysis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, brain injuries, back pain and chronic middle ear disease. The Hon Greg Hunt MP
Minister for Health Date published: 20 July 2020The Morrison Government is investing $18.8 million to supercharge the discovery of better treatments for cancer, epilepsy, stroke, paralysis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, brain injuries, back pain and chronic middle ear disease.Under round t...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 28, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: No Evidence for CBT and Other “ Conversion Disorder ” Therapies
By David Tuller, DrPH I have recently written critically about the CODES trial of cognitive behavior therapy as a treatment for the phenomena that have long been called “psychogenic non-epileptic seizures” but that some neurologists and psychologists are trying to rebrand as “dissociative seizures.” (Many people understandably find it offensive to be told they have […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - July 20, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, July 13th 2020
In conclusion, sitting for prolonged periods of time without interruption is unfavorably associated with DBP and HDL cholesterol.
Exercise Slows Inappropriate Growth of Blood Vessels in a Mouse Model of Macular Degeneration
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2020/07/exercise-slows-inappropriate-growth-of-blood-vessels-in-a-mouse-model-of-macular-degeneration/
Excessive growth of blood vessels beneath the retina is a proximate cause of blindness in conditions such as macular degeneration. Researchers here provide evidence for physical activity to be influential in the pace at which this process of tissu...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 12, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Brd2 Inhibition as an Approach to Slow Aging
There are innumerable studies showing small gains in mouse life span. Most cannot be reproduced, particularly the older ones, those that took place before it was common knowledge in the research community that one has to very aggressively control for accidental calorie restriction. If an intervention makes mice eat less, then they will tend to live longer, even if the intervention is modestly toxic. The improvements to health and longevity produced by calorie restriction in short-lived species are larger than near all other interventions assessed to date.
Nonetheless, mechanisms that reliably (and usually modestly) ...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 7, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Smart Algorithm for Seizure Detection and Classification
To monitor, treat, and better understand how seizures arise and develop, scientists and clinicians have been looking for more objective measures and analyses of brain activity. Currently, a typical electroencephalography (EEG) recording of brainwaves throughout a seizure is of limited value as it requires quite a bit of processing to get a sense of what happened. A team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, University of Texas at Arlington, and Northeastern University have combined forces to develop a new computing approach that more intelligently crunches the data so that oncoming seizures, and their uniqu...
Source: Medgadget - July 7, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Diagnostics Informatics Neurology Source Type: blogs
10 Questions You Asked Us In The Q & A
It was a great honor to receive hundreds of questions before the live Q&A we recently had. There were in fact so many that I’ve decided I would share some of them here. These questions represent an ample mix of interests, covering a wide range of issues from A.I. to the future of medical education. And worry not if you haven’t gotten your question answered just yet: in the coming weeks we’ll also be writing articles that are based on some of the most intriguing questions.
Re-watch the event on YouTube:
#1 On The Relationship Of Doctors And Patients
What sort of strategies can we use when th...
Source: The Medical Futurist - June 30, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: 3D Printing Artificial Intelligence Digital Health Research E-Patients Future of Medicine Future of Pharma Healthcare Design Robotics Security & Privacy Telemedicine & Smartphones AI Hospital Medical education technology wearab Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: More Questions About CODES Trial of CBT for Seizures
By David Tuller, DrPH I have recently written about CODES, the high-profile clinical trial investigating whether cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) could reduce the frequency of dissociative seizures, also known as psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. The trial, published by Lancet Psychiatry, was an open-label study relying on self-reported outcomes–a design highly vulnerable to bias. The 368 participants […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - June 23, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized CBT CODES dissociative seizures FND Jon Stone Kings College London psychogenic nonepileptic seizures Trudie Chalder Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: Trio of Trials Shows Limits of CBT for Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Lancet Psychiatry recently published the results of a high-profile trial of cognitive behavior therapy as a treatment for so-called dissociative seizures, also known as psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. The trial, nicknamed CODES, found that CBT had no impact on seizure frequency–the primary outcome. The average number of seizures per month dropped in both the treatment and […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - June 17, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized CBT CODES irritable bowel syndrome PACE Source Type: blogs
Virtual-reality gaming + affordable biofeedback = Anxiety therapy for all?
Conclusions: This study demonstrates the potential of the game, DEEP, as an intervention for anxiety and disruptive classroom behavior in a special school setting. Future research is needed to fully optimize and personalize DEEP as an intervention for the heterogeneous special school population.
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Source: SharpBrains - June 10, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Peak Performance Technology anxiety biofeedback biometric sensors Covid-19 pandemic DEEP Psychology therapy videogames virtual-reality Source Type: blogs
Battery-Free Neural Stimulator Powered by a Magnetic Field
Researchers at Rice University have developed an implantable neural stimulator that is both wireless and battery-free. The device is powered by an externally applied magnetic field and could be used as part of a system to treat a wide variety of diseases and conditions, including epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, and chronic pain.
At present, battery powered implants have been clinically approved to provide neural stimulation, which can offer symptomatic relief in diseases such as Parkinson’s and epilepsy. However, batteries have a limited life-span and, once they are depleted, a surgical procedure is required to repla...
Source: Medgadget - June 9, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Materials Neurology Neurosurgery Source Type: blogs
