Mental Health
Mindfulness Can Improve Your Attention and Health
A focus on the present, dubbed “mindfulness,” can make you happier and healthier. Training to deepen your immersion in the moment works by improving attention
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Behavior
Why the Secrets You Keep Are Hurting You
It may not be what you think
Mental Health
The Pandemic Has Created a ‘Zoom Boom’ in Remote Psychotherapy
Research suggests virtual sessions can be as effective as in-person meetings
Mental Health
COVID Is Driving a Children’s Mental Health Emergency
Deaths of parents and other terrible experiences have hurt hundreds of thousands, so new initiatives are trying to help families in pain
Mental Health
Expanding Mental Health Care Is a Medical Necessity
The COVID pandemic made a long-standing problem even more urgent
Mental Health
Governments Worldwide Consider Ditching Daylight Saving Time
A pushback has arisen to seasonal clock changes that affect mood, sleep and general well-being
Mental Health
COVID Expanded the Boundaries of Personal Space—Maybe for Good
Our physical safety perimeters have widened, a study suggests
Medicine
A Strategy for Rescheduling Psilocybin
There are three legal pathways to deregulating the drug under the Controlled Substances Act
Mental Health
Facebook Whistleblower Testified That Company’s Algorithms Are Dangerous: Here’s Why
Frances Haugen confirmed the negative effects caused by attempts to maximize engagement
Mental Health
Experimental Brain Implant Could Personalize Depression Therapy
Symptoms subsided for one woman after a carefully targeted neural circuit was stimulated
Mental Health
Inventive Ways of Delivering Mental Health Care Thrive during the Pandemic
Telehealth and community-based strategies combine to extend the reach of professional services
Mental Health
Novel Drug Therapies Could Tackle Treatment-Resistant Depression
An anesthetic, a steroid and a psychedelic are new treatments for a devastating psychiatric disorder
Mental Health
How the Pandemic Is Changing Mental Health
COVID has jostled people’s emotional equilibrium. Therapy apps, telehealth, lay counselors and psilocybin are poised to change the foundations of caregiving
Mental Health
Mining Social Media Reveals Mental Health Trends and Helps Prevent Self-Harm
Patterns of word usage in online posts may point to individuals at high risk
Mental Health
Digital Tools Help Train Providers to Fill Gaps in Mental Health Care
The global dearth of providers can be addressed with nontraditional methods of teaching new recruits
Mental Health
Declines in Mental Health Workforce Need to Be Met by More Rigorous Employer Support
Businesses must implement wellness programs that are more than just “mindfulness apps, puppies and yoga”
Mental Health
Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulations Guide Better Mental Health Policy
During COVID, Australia has deployed these tools to forecast the impact of economic and social policies on the country’s mental health
Mental Health
How Consumers and Health Care Providers Can Judge the Quality of Digital Mental Health Tools
A burgeoning industry of apps and wearables must voluntarily put in place standards to ensure its products and services are based on solid evidence for their effectiveness
Mental Health
The Top 10 Innovations in Mental Health
A look at methods and technologies that are transforming the work of psychiatrists and psychologists
Mental Health
Welcome to the Ultimate Neuroscience Lab: Your Smartphone
Digital devices can provide better and more useful information than the typical studies conducted with U.S. college students as participants
