June 2012
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Technology Applications and the Fast-Moving... →
Think Grandpa can’t check his team’s scores online, and think Grandma is just chatting on the phone, when she’s off tweeting to her thousands of followers? The elderly might just surprise you when it comes to what they can do technologically.  …
Jun 29th
Health Reform Bill and Mental Health
Still hope: Health reform bill will cover marital/family therapy & expand coverage of mental health services. This should happen.
Jun 28th
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Managing Marriage’s End With a Mobile: Apps During... →
Jun 27th
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Can You Afford to Die?
From HealthWorks Collective:
Jun 27th
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Jun 26th
Jun 26th
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Summer’s Here: Time for Cool Lemonade, Trips to... →
Seasonal variations in bipolar mania admissions in a psychiatric hospital in Brazil:
Jun 26th
COUNSELLING BLOG: How to Deal with Bullying →
onlinecounsellingcollege: 1. Do what you can to avoid the person or people. For example, if it is happening at school find other places to hang out; or find other things to do during breaks or at the start and end of the day. At the same time, try not to make it obvious that you’re avoiding them as the bullies may…
Jun 25th
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Who knew that a discredited antipsychotic could... →
Jun 25th
Writing gratitude increases happiness 25%, yields 1.5 hrs more exercise, improves sleep. Apps like Gratitude Journals or Live Happy can help.
Jun 24th
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Jun 24th
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DCoE - Suicide Prevention Conference →
It’s Day 3 of the Annual DoD/VA Suicide Prevention Conference in Washington, DC.
Jun 24th
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The Phone Phenomenon: Teletheraphy’s Effectiveness... →
Heal your depression while lying on your couch in your pajamas—why therapy by telephone may be just as effective as coming in to the office.
Jun 23rd
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There’s a Bipolar App For That, Part II: Beyond... →
From the practical to the preposterous, bipolar apps continue to appear.
Jun 23rd
Jun 21st
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There’s a Bipolar App For That, Part I: Tracking... →
Check out some of the big names in mood tracking, and see what’s good—and not-so-good—about each.
Jun 21st
Mental and Medical–Joined at the Head  →
New head of AMA is a psychiatrist—first time in over 7 decades.
Jun 21st
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Jun 21st
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Jun 21st
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7 minimalistic posters representing various mental...
moodpanda: Designed by Patrick Smith… via 22 Words Posted by Jake, Co-Founder of MoodPanda.com
Jun 20th
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Why The Armed Forces Are Looking to Black Women... →
So we’ve examined what contributes to suicide resiliency in black women—how can that help our men and women in uniform? [Hint: Apps like the one below are one way to get the ball rolling…]
Jun 20th
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Why The Armed Forces Are Looking to Black Women... →
Jun 19th
Healthy Apps Infographic
Source: infographiclist.com via Arjan on Pinterest
Jun 19th
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Why The Armed Forces Are Looking to Black Women... →
Jun 18th
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Shining Light on Skin Cancer--What You NEED to...
Source: ReuseThisBag.com
Jun 18th
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There IS hope!: New Treatment Approaches for... →
Jun 18th
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IMPORTANT! Subjects Wanted for Research on App for... →
Clinical trials are underway for the mood disorder app “Optimism.” A strong app for depression and bipolar, you would get something out of using it without the research, but this way you help contribute to the furtherment of mental health app performance. Click to get all the requisite information.
Jun 18th
Wondering Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? You Might... →
Jun 16th
Jun 16th
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Jun 16th
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Jun 16th
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Jun 15th
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Depressed Older Cancer Patients–What Prevents... →
“[In a] self-administered measure of 100 lung cancer patients in Japan (M age=65 years of age), results illustrated that patients reported that a lack of correct information or misunderstanding about treatments, negativity toward psychotropic medications, and more severe psychological distress were barriers to mental health care.”
Jun 14th
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Jun 12th
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Genetic Diagnostics: How Scientific Advances Can... →
Jun 12th
Jun 12th
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Twitter and Mental Health: Getting the Most Out of... →
Find out how to navigate Twitter to support your mental health…
Jun 11th
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‘Money Has Never Made Man Happy’: But. . .Therapy... →
Find out what therapy’s the biggest ‘Happiness Bargain’ you’re ever likely to come across—anywhere.
Jun 10th
We Know There’s an App For That (Part III): Home... →
Jun 10th
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Jun 8th
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‘The Reports of My Death Are Greatly Exaggerated’:... →
Might the antidepressant controversary be drawing to a close once and for all?   Perhaps the FDA black-box warnings (below) have seen their better days.
Jun 8th
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We Know There’s an App For That (Part II)–Research... →
Some mental health apps aren’t worth the ‘paper they’re printed on,’ but researchers are trying hard to change that.
Jun 7th
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Jun 5th
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We Know There’s an App For That (Part I)–But Often... →
Mobile mental health apps make many claims [did you know Appetite Manager (see its somehwat unimpressive image above) can control your appetite? Where have you been all my Hershey-Kisses-filed life?]—but many, many of them are not backed up by research and science. Find out where you should tread cautiously.
Jun 5th