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. …
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.
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Managing Marriage’s End With a Mobile: Apps During... →
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Can You Afford to Die?
From HealthWorks Collective:
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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:
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…
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Who knew that a discredited antipsychotic could... →
Writing gratitude increases happiness 25%, yields 1.5 hrs more exercise, improves sleep. Apps like Gratitude Journals or Live Happy can help.
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DCoE - Suicide Prevention Conference →
It’s Day 3 of the Annual DoD/VA Suicide Prevention Conference in Washington, DC.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Mental and Medical–Joined at the Head →
New head of AMA is a psychiatrist—first time in over 7 decades.
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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
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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…]
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Why The Armed Forces Are Looking to Black Women... →
Healthy Apps Infographic
Source: infographiclist.com via Arjan on Pinterest
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Why The Armed Forces Are Looking to Black Women... →
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Shining Light on Skin Cancer--What You NEED to...
Source: ReuseThisBag.com
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There IS hope!: New Treatment Approaches for... →
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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.
Wondering Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? You Might... →
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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.”
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Genetic Diagnostics: How Scientific Advances Can... →
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Twitter and Mental Health: Getting the Most Out of... →
Find out how to navigate Twitter to support your mental health…
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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.
We Know There’s an App For That (Part III): Home... →
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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.
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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.
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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.