Study Reveals Potential Neural Marker for Social Impairment in Psychotic Disorders
Research funded by NIMH found a link between a low level of social interest among people with psychotic disorders and brain regions in the social motivation system. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news

Early-stage startups across the MENA region secure funding rounds
CAIRO: Startups throughout the Middle East and North Africa region are experiencing a surge in funding, significantly energizing the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Across diverse locales such as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Tunisia, early-stage companies have successfully attracted pre-seed and seed…#middleeast #northafrica #saudiarabia #bahrain #tunisia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Leading Economic Index went up for first time in two years
We got a bit of good news about the economy this week, courtesy of The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index, which tracks key economic indicators. It rose in February, a sign, the Conference Board said, that the economy is headed in the right direction. That’s noteworthy because up until…#conferenceboard #conferenceboards #menziechinn #chinn #kathybostjancic #nationwide #bostjancic (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

PacBio Grants Equity Incentive Award to New Employee
MENLO PARK, Calif., March 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB), a leading provider of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing platforms, today announced that the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors granted a non-qualified stock option (the "Option")... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - March 22, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: AWD Source Type: news

AI and Suicide Prevention AI and Suicide Prevention
Emerging technologies may help overtaxed primary care clinicians better identify patients at risk for serious mental health issues, including suicidality.Medscape Family Medicine (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Expert Interview Source Type: news

How to Manage Anxiety and Depression When You Have Kidney Cancer
When Katie Coleman was diagnosed at age 29 with a softball-sized tumor on her right kidney and a host of smaller growths in her liver, she was stunned. That astonishment quickly gave way to feelings of hopelessness. “I felt like my entire world was being pulled out from under me,” Coleman, now 32, says. “I went into a very dark spiral.” Though her surgeon removed all the tumors, it wasn’t clear what her long- or even short- term prognosis was. What she found on the internet just freaked her out more. “One night I spiraled so deep I didn’t know whether life was worth living anymo...
Source: TIME: Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Linda Carroll Tags: Uncategorized freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Nearly a quarter of children now have a 'mental disorder', figures suggest
The rate of mental disorders, based on answers from a questionnaire of eight to 16-year-olds, is on the increase according to a new report from the Office of National Statistics. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Stop complaining about the British rain! Downpours can make us happy and have 'therapeutic effects' on depression, claims expert
Studies have indicated that rain actually makes us happy and improves our mental health through molecules released into the atmosphere. BBC naturalist Matt Gaw says it helps depression. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Christina Wayne Out As Managing Director Of MBC Studios
After only one year in the role, Christina Wayne is out as Managing Director of MENA network MBC Studios, we can reveal. We hear Wayne and MBC are negotiating the exit and she may segue to a deal of some kind with the network. MBC and Wayne declined to comment and the succession plan isn’t…#christinawayne #mbcstudios #mbc #middleeast #northafrica #mbcgroup #gulf #amazon #amc #nonenglish (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What ’s It Like to Be Cinderella in March? These Schools Know
When Oakland University’s 14th-seeded men’s basketball team defeated No. 3 Kentucky on Thursday night, delivering the first shocking upset of this year’s N.C.A.A. tournament, it cast a spotlight on the relatively anonymous university based in Rochester, Mich. And if history is any indication, the…#oaklanduniversitys #kentucky #ncaa #rochester #mich #eugenecornacchia #stpeters (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

NICHD-NIMH Workshop: Impact of Technology and Digital Media on Child and Adolescent Development and Mental Health
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute of Mental Health discuss the impact of technology and digital media on child and adolescent development and mental health. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news

Wall Street ’s Favorite Web3 Stocks? 3 Names That Could Make You Filthy Rich
The next version of the internet is fast approaching Investors hear the words “decentralization” and “permissionless,” not to mention artificial intelligence, machine learning and cryptocurrency, but they may treat them as separate concepts. Yet they all come together in the emerging idea of Web3.…#nvidia #nvda #coinbase #coin #unitysoftware #unity #chrismarkoch #investorplacecom (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Government response to the Joint Committee on the draft Mental Health Bill
This report contains responses to each of the Joint Committee ’s recommendations for the draft Mental Health Bill to reform the Mental Health Act 1983 and deliver a modern mental health service.ReportDepartment of Health and Social Care - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - March 22, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Legislation and reform Mental health Source Type: news

DeSantis signs major health care package
Supporters say the bill will help improve access to health care, boost the number of doctors in Florida and address issues such as mental health treatment. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - March 22, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Jim Saunders Source Type: news

Dataset on the effects of psychological care on depression and suicide ideation in underrepresented children - Liu X, Li W, Gong J, Zhang Q, Tian X, Ren JD, Xia L, Li Y, Zhan Y, Zhang JX, Chuan-Peng H, Chen J, Feng Z, Chen Z.
Massive increases in the risks of depressive disorders and the ensuing suicide have become the overarching menace for children/adolescents. Despite global consensus to instigate psychological healthcare policy for these children/adolescents, their effects ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news