Tag Archives: mental-health

Initial drugs don’t work for 48% of depressed people

By Paul McClure Mental Health Initial drugs don’t work for 48% of depressed people By Paul McClure March 24, 2025 Nearly half of people with depression have tried at least two antidepressants without effect Depositphotos View 3 Images View gallery – 3 … Continue reading

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Killing in Combat Doesn’t Always Harm Soldiers’ Mental Health

FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology ·March 27, 2025 Summary: A large study of over 14,000 Norwegian veterans reveals that taking a life in combat doesn’t automatically damage a soldier’s mental health—context matters. Veterans from Afghanistan, where combat was expected and rules of engagement were clear, … Continue reading

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Breakthrough stroke drug heals the brain to restore movement

Stroke Breakthrough stroke drug heals the brain to restore movement By Bronwyn Thompson March 19, 2025 This drug discovery promises molecular rehabilitation for stroke patients  Depositphotos View 1 Images There’s newfound hope for stroke patients in recovery, with what researchers believe … Continue reading

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The Guardian: The rise of perfectionism – and the harm it’s doing us all. 4th June 2023

 This article is more than 1 year old The rise of perfectionism – and the harm it’s doing us all This article is more than 1 year old Many of us believe striving for perfection leads to success. But perfectionism is … Continue reading

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Source: The Deep View: AI for Good: Traumatic brain injuries: Quote: A recent, systematic, review of algorithmic approaches to TBI diagnosis found that “each algorithm has a strong ability to automatically identify and quantify important CT findings caused by TBI. (Personal comment before reading this I can vouch for another aspect. Researching family lore via Grok3 and it really fills in gaps I had never quite grasped). The speed of roll out of data incredible. If you are thinking of writing a book, take your headings and input to Grok3 AI …

AI for Good: Traumatic brain injuries Source: Unsplash Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is often described as “the silent epidemic” for a simple confluence of reasons: a steady lack of awareness of and research into it, its widespread reach — impacting nearly 70 … Continue reading

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Neoscope – Futurism: Human Intelligence Sharply Declining. Quote: “…but one key indicator is the sharp decline in reading and the world’s changing relationship to the way we consume information and media. In 2022, for example, the National Endowment for the Arts found that just 37.6 percent of Americans said they’d read a novel or short story in the year prior — a share down from 41.5 percent in 2017 and 45.2 percent in 2012…”

Mar 16, 6:45 AM EDT/ by Noor Al-Sibai Human Intelligence Sharply Declining The benchmarks are not looking good, folks. No, it’s not just you — people really are less smart than they used to be. As the Financial Times reports, assessments show that people across … Continue reading

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New Atlas: Chatbots … acting as therapists. Quote: “If you’d made it this far, we’d like to know if you’ve had positive – or negative – experiences with chatbots. And if you haven’t, last year Psychiatric Times put forward a solid assessment of the functionality and value of the – as of now – four major chatbots, ChatGPT-4o, Microsoft’s CoPilot, Google’s Gemini and Claude. Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s X chatbot Grok 3 is also making a name for itself – but not necessarily as a personalized life coach.

Chatbots are replacing therapists faster than anyone expected” By Bronwyn Thompson March 16, 2025 The cultural shift towards AI therapy highlights the challenges people face in accessing “traditional” mental health treatment  While we’re not short of divisive topics in 2025, there … Continue reading

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists … Mental Health Mortality & the Doomsday Clock

The authoritative guide to ensuring science and technology make life on Earth better, not worse. Apocalypse now? Mortality and mental health correlates of the Doomsday Clock By Samuel Justin Sinclair, David A. Silbersweig | March 12, 2025 Existential threats to global society have … Continue reading

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Grok 3. Using X = suggestion = ask a question. Years writing about how TBI has impacted on my life, taking prompts from articles read, this takes just a minute. This is AI and it is time for people to engage in this leap frog era of knowledge which is about power.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can have a wide range of long-term effects, depending on the severity of the injury, the area of the brain affected, and the individual’s overall health and recovery process. Below is an overview of potential long-term … Continue reading

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Mother Jones: The DOGE Acting Administrator Isn’t New to the Trump World. Quote: “Fast forward to 2025, and Gleason is now at the helm of one of the most controversial and constitutionally questionable initiatives in recent memory, administering an agency that’s leading mass firings, gutting health agencies, and issuing return-to-office orders.”

February 25, 2025 The DOGE Acting Administrator Isn’t New to the Trump World Amy Gleason was a data cruncher and efficiency aficionado in the early Covid response. Advertise with Mother Jones Mother Jones illustration; National Archives; Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for … Continue reading

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