When the school day starts later, teens get better sleep and feel more motivated
This study was conducted at the most academic type of German secondary school, equivalent to a grammar school, which limits the generalisability of the findings. It’s possible, perhaps even likely, that students from other backgrounds or countries will experience different costs and benefits when taking advantage of late starts.
As appealing as later school starts may sound, their practicality and effects on students within the UK system requires further investigation. Apologies to younger readers!
– Sleep improvements on days with later school starts persist after 1 year in a flexible start system
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Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - March 28, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Educational Sleep and dreaming Source Type: blogs
How Does Trauma Relate to Substance Abuse?
Content reviewed by Karen Rubenstein, LMFT, Chief Clinical Officer at Cliffside Malibu Research indicates that...The postHow Does Trauma Relate to Substance Abuse? appeared first onCliffside Malibu. (Source: Cliffside Malibu)
Source: Cliffside Malibu - March 23, 2022 Category: Addiction Authors: ebarbour Tags: Addiction substance abuse trauma Source Type: blogs
From “Eminence-based” to Evidence-based mental healthcare: Time to focus on quality and accountability
For the mental health crisis of care, quality is as much of a problem as quantity.
Most people who seek mental health care for the first time are baffled by how to find a clinician. I know what many parents felt. When my daughter, Lara, finished her first semester at Oberlin, she returned home to Atlanta thin and exhausted. I was excited to have her back home and entirely clueless about her desperate struggle with anorexia. In fact, as I learned later, she had been driven by obsessions about her weight and her appearance for over a year by that point. As was true of Amy, her perfectionism and her shame at not being perfect...
Source: SharpBrains - March 16, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Dr. Thomas Insel Tags: Brain/ Mental Health eating disorders eminence-based care evidence-based care mental health crisis mental health providers psychiatry psychologists serious mental illness therapists therapy Source Type: blogs
How to Admit You Need Help for a Substance Use or Mental Health Disorder
If you have substance use disorder or mental illness, you may avoid seeking treatment because you are afraid to admit that...The postHow to Admit You Need Help for a Substance Use or Mental Health Disorder appeared first onCliffside Malibu. (Source: Cliffside Malibu)
Source: Cliffside Malibu - February 21, 2022 Category: Addiction Authors: ebarbour Tags: Substance Abuse mental health Substance Use Source Type: blogs
Computer-assisted cognitive behavior therapy (CCBT) may outperform Treatment as Usual (TAU) in helping patients reduce depression, improve 6 ‑month remission rates
Conclusions: The findings of this randomized clinical trial suggest that CCBT with a modest amount of clinician support has potential for wider-spread implementation as an effective, acceptable, and efficient treatment for depression in primary care. The method of CCBT described here may be useful in primary care patients with depression who have low levels of income, education, or reading proficiency as well as in those who lack internet access.
The Study in Context:
CVS Health: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) apps may help you more than sleeping pills
FDA clears first CBT-based digital therapeutic to treat substance...
Source: SharpBrains - February 16, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation antidepressants cCBT computer-assisted cognitive behavior therapy depression depressive symptoms Good Days Ahead Patient Health Questionnaire–9 PHQ-9 primary-care Psychotherapy Source Type: blogs
Message by Dr Sumer Sethi to New MBBS Students
Welcoming new fledglings to the medical fraternity§ “You shouldn’t have come into this profession.”§ “Oh damn, I should’ve gone for engineering.”§ “I am studying for exams, while all my friends from other fields are partying… this is not fair.”How many times do we hear these words? A lot of demoralizing talks stem from not only the media and seniors but it is going to come from you too. Hence, at the very beginning, I want to sit you down and reassure you that:Yes, itis going to be a long and tedious journey but every bit of itwill feel worth it in the end.Medical profession cannot be va...
Source: Sumer's Radiology Site - February 5, 2022 Category: Radiology Authors: Sumer Sethi Source Type: blogs
A case for legalizing marijuana and ecstasy
Substance abuse should be a medical problem, not a legal or moral problem. If it is considered a legal and moral problem, drug abusers may delay or refuse medical help. In my case, I was battling severe bipolar depression, and I was using cannabis and ecstasy to self-medicate my depression. Due to fear of legalRead more …A case for legalizing marijuana and ecstasy originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
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The pandemic drives a decline in teen substance abuse
The percentage of teens using illicit substances dropped significantly in 2021 as the pandemic forced them into isolation from friends, classrooms, and extracurricular activities. Alcohol, marijuana, and nicotine vaping – the most commonly used substances by teens all showed declines from 2020. These findings were reported by a Monitoring the Future survey conducted by theRead more …The pandemic drives a decline in teen substance abuse originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 26, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/richard-capriola" rel="tag" > Richard Capriola < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
Update: Why MDMA-assisted psychotherapy may become an FDA-approved treatment for PTSD within 2 years
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, sharing important brain/ mental health news plus a few fun optical illusions to tease and appreciate our unique human minds.
#1. Why MDMA-assisted psychotherapy may become an FDA-approved treatment for PTSD within 2 years
“We are a pharmacist and physician team who investigate the benefits and harms associated with substances of abuse like bath salts, phenibut, cannabis and synthetic marijuana. Through this work we have become intrigued about the therapeutic potential for some psychedelic drugs in the treatment of myriad psychiatric disorders, from PTSD to major ...
Source: SharpBrains - December 30, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Education & Lifelong Learning Technology & Innovation brain folding brain health cognitive decline digital therapeutics eMindful Ginger MDMA-assisted psychotherapy meditation mental training app mindfulness P Source Type: blogs
What Can Alleviate the Plight of Rural Pharmacies?
The health problems of rural areas are alarming and increasing: consider the loss of clinicians, populations increasingly dominated by older people with chronic conditions, a high incidence of substance abuse, depression caused by isolation, and more. Now add to that the closures of pharmacies. It’s just getting too difficult to keep an independent, rural drug […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 27, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Azalea Health Baha Zeidan Cary Breese NowRx Pharmacies pharmacy Pharmacy Automation Prescriptions Rural Health Rural Pharmacy Source Type: blogs
Why MDMA-assisted psychotherapy may become an FDA-approved treatment for PTSD within 2 years
This article was originally published on The Conversation.
To Learn More:
Study: Psychedelics can promote neural plasticity in the prefrontal cortex and expand pathways for mental health
FDA-approved, Cybin-sponsored clinicial trial to measure ketamine’s impact on the brain via Kernel Flow neuroimaging helmet
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Source: SharpBrains - December 21, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: The Conversation Tags: Brain/ Mental Health antidepressants Cannabidiol cannabis CBD Ecstasy MDMA MDMA-assisted psychotherapy neural plasticity Physical assault post-traumatic-stress-disorder psilocybin PTSD Sexual assault street drugs substance-ab Source Type: blogs
Build Back Better Act Immigration Provisions – Summary and Analysis
David J. BierThe House has now passed the Build Back Better (BBB) Act (H.R. 5376), which the Senate may or may not pass through the reconciliation process. The bill includes several important immigration-related provisions. This post will explain them in detail.Sec. 60001 – Parole and Work Permits for Long-Term ResidentsBBB would authorize (or require)[1] the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to temporarily provide a legal status known as “parole” to any noncitizen in the United States (including both illegal immigrants and legal temporary workers and their families) who meets the bill ' s eligibility criteria.El...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 30, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs
6 Habits for Mental Health That Will Change Your Life for the Better
Conclusion
One of the ways to ensure you lead a happy and quality life is to take good care of your mental health continually. Practicing the habits discussed above will take you a step forward in staying mentally healthy. Do you have any bad mental health habits you struggle with? Can you commit to kicking them to the curb and practicing the above helpful mental health habits? We would appreciate your feedback in the comment section.
Sherry Kimball likes to write articles with advice that help people to improve their lives.
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Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 30, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Falconer Tags: featured happiness psychology habits mental health Source Type: blogs
My Unpublished Letter to the Editor on the Tragic Drug Overdose Report
Jeffrey A. SingerOn November 18 theWall Street Journalran a front page story entitled “Drug Overdose Deaths, Fueled by Fentanyl, Hit Record High in U.S. ” It reported on provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that reveal a heartbreaking 100,306 drug overdose deaths for the 12 months running through April 2021, a 29 percent increase over the previous 12 month period.Thereport released by the CDC on November 17 stated that 75,673 of the more than 100,000 overdose deaths were opioid ‐related, up from 56,064 the previous year. The remainder of overdose deaths involved cocai...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 23, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs
What Should You Do if You Relapse?
Content reviewed by Karen Rubenstein, LMFT, Chief Clinical Officer at Cliffside Malibu For too many people in recovery from substance abuse, relapse...The postWhat Should You Do if You Relapse? appeared first onCliffside Malibu. (Source: Cliffside Malibu)
Source: Cliffside Malibu - November 18, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: ebarbour Tags: Addiction Recovery advice relapse Source Type: blogs
