Can Behavioral Health Be Objective and Data-Driven?
Before microscopes, doctors diagnosed as best they could using external symptoms. Now we test for the presence of specific bacteria, viruses, or lesions. Dr. Thomas Young, chief medical officer and founder of Proem Behavioral Health, is convinced that psychiatry and behavioral health are also entering an age where objective data collected from the body will drive diagnoses and treatment.
Figure 1 shows some statistics about disorders tracked by Proem.
Figure 1: Measures used by Proem Behavioral Health and their uses
Two advances have come together over the past few years to enable better diagnoses and treatments: one in da...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 6, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: AI/Machine Learning Analytics/Big Data Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Behavior Health Behavioral Health Research Dr. Thomas Young Healthcare AI mental health Mental Health AI Proem Behavioral Health Source Type: blogs
Explosions and anxiety: Adult special needs life is a tough haul
My 26yo son, " #1 " , is pretty solidly in the 3-4th (bottom) percentile of cognitive abilities. It ' s a cognitive continuum of course; what ' s true of the 3rd percentile can also be true of the 10th or the 20th -- especially when lack of sleep or alcohol is involved. So this isn ' t just about special needs adults. It ' s something useful to understand for tens of millions of Americans.The other day he exploded. No harm came of it, except to him. It ' sa behavior we ' ve known from childhood though it ' s only with time we came to understand how closely tied it is to his anxiety.It happened during an ice hockey gam...
Source: Be the Best You can Be - February 5, 2023 Category: Disability Tags: ADHD adult anxiety athletics autism behavioral therapy cognitive impairment community discrimination exercise Explosive Child legal Source Type: blogs
poem
WokenIn this dream I ’m startled from sleepBy the sounds of someone crying Curled next to me in a bedI don ’t check to see who it isNot because I ’m callous But because, by the law of dreams,The dreamer already knows So I roll over and fall back to sleep,Into another dream, one where nowI am the one sobbing, maybeBecause there ’s no oneNext to me in bed andIt ’s cold and the blankets are thinAnd the old house creaksAnd there ’s no one in the room to hear,To take pity on me, caress me, And the nightstand is avalanchedBy stacks of unread books.The only thing to do nowIs to cry myself to sleepT...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - February 4, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
How to get real advice from your artificial careers advisor
Bots, such as the now well-known ChatGPT, are really just sophisticated autocomplete machines…instead of suggesting the next word for your text message though they generate the most statistically likely set of words to follow your prompt. Indeed, even ChatGPT agrees: “Yes, that’s a simple way to describe what language models like ChatGPT do. They use statistical patterns learned from large amounts of text data to generate text that is coherent and consistent with the input prompt. The goal is to generate text that resembles human-like language and can be used for various natural language processing tasks,...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - February 1, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Artificial Intelligence Source Type: blogs
Alto Neuroscience raises $60M (equity + credit) to help fix the “trial and error” approach to psychiatric medication
Alto Neuroscience bags $25M for four Phase II drugs (Endpoints News):
Another $25 million is flowing the way of a California biotech attempting to fix the “trial and error” system in neuroscience drug R&D.
Alto Neuroscience picked up the capital from Alpha Wave Ventures via an extension to its Series B, bringing total equity raised to $100 million since the startup’s 2019 founding.
… The approximately 50-employee startup hopes to move past the “trial and error” approach of neuroscience drug development, perhaps most recognizable by the lengths patients have to go through to find the depression meds that act...
Source: SharpBrains - January 31, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Alpha Wave Ventures Alto Neuroscience behavioral task measurements cognition depression meds EEG activity emotion Genetics K2 HealthVentures sleep Source Type: blogs
Transforming diabetes education with “ AH-HA! ” moments
"AH-HA!" moments in diabetes education
Welcome to episode 2 of BDI Briefs! Our aim with BDI Briefs is to take a brief look at important issues about the emotional side of diabetes.In this short discussion, Scott, Bill, and Susan discuss innovative ways to transform diabetes education by creating “AH-HA!” moments in group education sessions. I also encourage you to look at more research from the Behavioral Diabetes Institute. Enjoy! And please let us know what you think and what you’d like to hear more about from BDI.And remember to s...
Source: Scott's Diabetes Blog - January 30, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Scott K. Johnson Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
If a rose is a rose by any other name, how should we study treatment processes in pain management & rehabilitation?
A new instalment in my series about intensive longitudinal studies, aka ecological momentary assessment (and a host of other names for methods used to study daily life in real time in the real world).
Daily life is the focus of occupational therapy – doing what needs to be done, or a person wants to do, in everyday life. It’s complex because unlike a laboratory (or a large, well-controlled randomised controlled trial) daily life is messy and there is no way to control all the interacting factors that influence why a person does what they do. A technical term for the processes involved is microtemporality, o...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - January 29, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Assessment Clinical reasoning Professional topics Research Science in practice intensive longitudinal research Occupational therapy Pain rehabilitation research methods single case experimental design Source Type: blogs
6 Ways To Empower Yourself To Conquer Your Dreams
There is no better feeling than taking control of your life and finding the power to make your dreams come true. Having a deep-rooted belief in yourself and the courage to seize opportunities when they arise can be the difference between achieving your goals and not.
Fortunately, with the right strategies, anyone can learn how to channel this feeling even if they don't feel confident right now. Here are 6 key ways to empower yourself to conquer your dreams:
1. Believe in yourself
Although it is easier said than done, having a strong belief in yourself is the first step to successfully achieving your dreams. This m...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - January 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Daniel Anderson Tags: career creativity featured happiness motivation productivity tips self-improvement success bucket list dreams Source Type: blogs
Viemed Invests $2M in ModoHealth
Viemed Healthcare, Inc., a respiratory care and technology-enabled home medical equipment services company, announced that it has made a strategic investment in ModoHealth, a value-based care and patient management platform connecting payors, patients, and post-acute providers. ModoHealth expects to use the proceeds of the investment to fund the expansion of its proprietary patient management network, which combines clinical tools, remote patient monitoring, data analysis and patient-centric engagement.
“We are incredibly excited to partner with the team at ModoHealth to grow the innovative population health platform,”...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 27, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Casey Hoyt Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Home Medical Equipment ModoHealth patient engagement Value Based Care Viemed Viemed Healthcare Viemed Healthcare Inc. Source Type: blogs
Matthew ’s health care tidbits: My retina & what it tells us about primary care
Each time I send out the THCB Reader, our newsletter that summarizes the best of THCB (Sign up here!) I include a brief tidbits section. Then I had the brainwave to add them to the blog. They’re short and usually not too sweet! –Matthew Holt
I had a little scare the other night. I was driving home from a weekend in the mountains and I asked my wife if she saw that flashing light. No it wasn’t the cops, and no she hadn’t seen it. Turns out that I had a bright flash if I moved my eye a certain way. Oh, well I assumed I was tired and a good night’s sleep would fix it.
Next morning the flash was sti...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Matthew Holt The Business of Health Care Included Health Navigators primary care Retina Sarah McDonald The Cancer Channel transcarent Source Type: blogs
The Vitamin Deficiency Linked To Dementia
Some signs of the vitamin deficiency include include poor sleep, symptoms of depression, headaches, weak muscles and tiredness. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - January 22, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Dementia Source Type: blogs
The Numerous Benefits of Cold Water Exposure
Engaging in a white water rafting adventure is a thrilling and challenging experience. The rapids, the cold water, and the great outdoors all contribute to an adrenaline rush. But what if I told you that cold water could provide an adrenaline rush and many health benefits?
In this blog post, we'll talk about six of the most important benefits of cold water exposure and explain why adding it to your daily routine, whether you're an experienced whitewater rafter in Montana or just getting into the sport, can be very good for your mind and body.
Here are six benefits of cold water exposure:
Improves sleep
Cold wat...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - January 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Patrick Sipp Tags: depression featured happiness health and fitness self-improvement cold water therapy sleep Source Type: blogs
The “open data” movement runs aground on FOURIER
BY ANISH KOKA
Reanalysis of a trial used to approve a commonly used injectable cholesterol-lowering drug confirms the original analysis by accident.
The open-data movement seeks to liberate the massive amount of data generated in running clinical trials from the grasp of the academic medical-pharmaceutical industrial complex that mostly runs the most important trials responsible for bringing novel therapeutics to market.
There are only a few elite academic trialist groups capable of running large trials and there’s ample reason to be suspicious about the nexus that has developed between academia and the pharmace...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
The Open Data Movement Runs Aground on FOURIER
BY ANISH KOKA
Reanalysis of a trial used to approve a commonly used injectable cholesterol-lowering drug confirms the original analysis by accident.
The open-data movement seeks to liberate the massive amount of data generated in running clinical trials from the grasp of the academic medical-pharmaceutical industrial complex that mostly runs the most important trials responsible for bringing novel therapeutics to market.
There are only a few elite academic trialist groups capable of running large trials and there’s ample reason to be suspicious about the nexus that has developed between academia and the pharmace...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Medical Practice Anish Koka FDA regulations Fourier open data Source Type: blogs
