mental health
A supervised learning algorithm can predict clinical depression much earlier and more accurately than trained health professionals.
Though the sample size was small, the results are compelling.
Experts say dependable scientific evidence has lagged behind.
When you’re in the hospital, doctors might call the shots on the big decisions, but the quality of your stay is extremely dependent on nurses—particularly their competence and compassion. But what if your nurse just doesn’t have time for the compassionate part of caring for you?
It could add $83 billion to the U.S. economy in 10 years—and that’s a very conservative estimate.
Many people feel a profound connection to water, whether it’s oceans, rivers, or lakes. Now, science might have found an explanation.
RIP pessimists, we barely knew you. Carnegie Mellon University’s Professor Michael Scheier explains the impact your outlook has on the world inside of you, from your cells to your psychology.
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Health psychologist Kelly McGonigal discusses a three-step process to shift your mindset when anxiety creeps in.
For the first time, the World Health Organization has declared a new mental illness to be the leading cause of disability around the world.
A new study finds LSD — a Schedule I drug with “no medical value” — to be therapeutically beneficial.
There is a new era of PTSD science just around the corner.
A “new” field of medicine called chronotherapy demonstrates that following nature’s cycles, as our ancestors did, is integral to proper biological and cognitive function.
We know there’s a gut-brain connection, but just how deep does it go? Could we treat depression just by adopting a particular diet?
Here’s one use for all that harvested personal data that you might not object to. Algorithms and big data are no longer just for profit; they can bring us self-awareness and growth.
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A study of close to 20,000 men provides some stark conclusions on the relationship between male sexism and mental health.
Neuroscientists now think of the gut as a “second brain”; it independently controls your digestive processes and is in constant conversation with your main brain. What do they talk about? Depression, theorizes Dr Emeran Mayer.
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Most of the foods we consume are created for the supermarket shelf, not for our health, says psychiatrist Drew Ramsey. But you can boost your brain function and overall well-being with this one very low-tech, analogue tool: your grocery list.
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ScienceDebate.org sent 20 fine-tuned questions to the presidential candidates. 3 out of 4 of them responded. Here’s where they stand on key science issues.