Americans Are Flocking to Online Therapy For Post-Election Counseling
Psychologists say more than half of the country was coping with major election stress. Continue reading Americans Are Flocking to Online Therapy For Post-Election Counseling
Category Archives: Mental Health
This Bot Tries to Empathise With Your Emotional Tweets
Can empathy ever be automated? Continue reading This Bot Tries to Empathise With Your Emotional Tweets
How Much Does the Public Need to Know About Hillary Clinton’s Health?
We’ve had a lot of elected officials with different health statuses over the years. Continue reading How Much Does the Public Need to Know About Hillary Clinton’s Health?
Neuroscientists Discover, Block a New Neural Circuit for Fear
Fear: do we really need it? Continue reading Neuroscientists Discover, Block a New Neural Circuit for Fear
The Nightmarish Online World of ‘Gang-Stalking’
The internet creates an echo chamber for delusions and conspiracies. Continue reading The Nightmarish Online World of ‘Gang-Stalking’
Machine Learning Algorithm Spots Depression in Speech Patterns
It may wind up being a powerful tool in assessing difficult-to-diagnose conditions. Continue reading Machine Learning Algorithm Spots Depression in Speech Patterns
Farmers Have an Alarmingly High Suicide Rate, and We’ve Known for Decades
Two recent reports add more evidence to the unique mental health stresses that farmers face. Continue reading Farmers Have an Alarmingly High Suicide Rate, and We’ve Known for Decades
Eyeless Albino Cave Fish Help Explain Schizophrenia and Autism
According to new research, anxious cave fish may serve as model organisms for understanding human psychiatry. Continue reading Eyeless Albino Cave Fish Help Explain Schizophrenia and Autism
How VR Could Be Used to Treat Severe Paranoia
“The best way to deal with a fear is to go into the situation. And learn that you are safer than you think.” Continue reading How VR Could Be Used to Treat Severe Paranoia
Faxing faux pas compromises patients’ mental health records
For ten years doctors’ offices have been sending confidential documents to a spa owner’s fax machine.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading Faxing faux pas compromises patients’ mental health records