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Healthcare
fromPsychology Today
2 hours ago

Is Your Audiologist Providing Person-Centered Care?

Person-centered care in hearing health prioritizes individual experiences and challenges, improving outcomes and communication.
#social-anxiety
Exercise
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

Shame Attacking: Overcoming a Lifetime of Social Anxiety

Social anxiety can be treated effectively through techniques like shame-attacking exercises, which challenge individuals to confront their fears.
Exercise
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

Shame Attacking: Overcoming a Lifetime of Social Anxiety

Social anxiety can be treated effectively through techniques like shame-attacking exercises, which challenge individuals to confront their fears.
#remote-work
fromCNET
9 hours ago
Remote teams

I Used AI to Optimize My Work-From-Home Setup. It Had Some Interesting Ideas

Remote teams
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

3 Ways Remote Work Exposes People-Pleasing Habits

Remote work can intensify people-pleasing behaviors, leading to increased anxiety and pressure to remain constantly available.
Remote teams
fromBGR
3 days ago

10 Essential Apps For Every Remote Worker - BGR

Choosing the right remote work apps is crucial for productivity and collaboration in a home office setup.
Remote teams
fromCNET
9 hours ago

I Used AI to Optimize My Work-From-Home Setup. It Had Some Interesting Ideas

Working from home allows for flexible workspace choices, enhancing productivity and comfort in various settings.
Remote teams
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

3 Ways Remote Work Exposes People-Pleasing Habits

Remote work can intensify people-pleasing behaviors, leading to increased anxiety and pressure to remain constantly available.
Remote teams
fromBGR
3 days ago

10 Essential Apps For Every Remote Worker - BGR

Choosing the right remote work apps is crucial for productivity and collaboration in a home office setup.
#communication
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
6 days ago

Psychology says people who reply to messages within seconds aren't just efficient - they've built their sense of safety around being reachable, because somewhere in their past, being slow to respond had consequences - Silicon Canals

Instant responses to messages often stem from a psychological need to mitigate perceived threats rather than mere efficiency.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
6 days ago

Psychology says people who reply to messages within seconds aren't just efficient - they've built their sense of safety around being reachable, because somewhere in their past, being slow to respond had consequences - Silicon Canals

Instant responses to messages often stem from a psychological need to mitigate perceived threats rather than mere efficiency.
Wellness
fromPsychology Today
3 hours ago

Love or hate the wellness craze? Here's why.

Wellness culture influences behavior changes but can also provoke defensiveness and resistance due to perceived inadequacies.
fromPsychology Today
7 hours ago

The Role of Food in Mental Health and Mental Illness

Research increasingly demonstrates that healthy nutrition improves mental health, and an entirely new subspecialty has formed to support this. Nutritional psychiatry is expanding rapidly, with research growing 15-fold from 2000 to 2024, reflecting the increasing acceptance of diet's role in mental health.
Alternative medicine
Medicine
fromThe Atlantic
4 days ago

The Dangers of Unlimited Health Advice

Health anxiety can be exacerbated by interactions with chatbots like ChatGPT, leading to obsessive behavior and emotional distress.
Productivity
fromFast Company
1 day ago

Screen time is damaging our eyes-and that's harming our ability to lead

The increasing screen time is leading to a visual crisis, with 66% of workers experiencing eye issues, impacting productivity and work quality.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

Time-Outs Work, if We Can Learn to Do Them Right

Well-implemented time-outs lead to positive outcomes and healthier relationships in adults who experienced them as children.
fromArs Technica
1 day ago

AI on the couch: Anthropic gives Claude 20 hours of psychiatry

Claude's primary affect states were curiosity and anxiety, with secondary states of grief, relief, embarrassment, optimism, and exhaustion. The report noted that Claude's personality was consistent with a relatively healthy neurotic organization.
Artificial intelligence
Health
fromwww.socialmediatoday.com
4 days ago

Snapchat users visit the app for health and medical advice

Snapchat users prioritize health and wellness, using social media for health information, which raises concerns about reliability but offers marketing opportunities.
fromBrooklyn, NY Patch
1 day ago

24/7 Crisis Center Opens In Brooklyn

The facility, located at 2862 Fulton St., is designed to provide immediate stabilization, therapeutic support, and discharge planning to connect patients with longer-term services.
Brooklyn
#social-media
Social media marketing
fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago

Psychology says people who never post on social media but check it every day aren't passive - they opted out of the performance while keeping the window, and keeping the window without paying the price is the most rational position available and the one the platform was specifically designed to make feel antisocial - Silicon Canals

Silent scrollers on social media actively choose to observe rather than post, demonstrating discipline and self-control contrary to common perceptions.
Law
fromEdSurge
3 days ago

Why the Social Media Addiction Case Isn't Over Yet - EdSurge News

Meta and Google were found negligent in designing apps that contribute to youth mental health issues.
Social media marketing
fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago

Psychology says people who never post on social media but check it every day aren't passive - they opted out of the performance while keeping the window, and keeping the window without paying the price is the most rational position available and the one the platform was specifically designed to make feel antisocial - Silicon Canals

Silent scrollers on social media actively choose to observe rather than post, demonstrating discipline and self-control contrary to common perceptions.
Law
fromEdSurge
3 days ago

Why the Social Media Addiction Case Isn't Over Yet - EdSurge News

Meta and Google were found negligent in designing apps that contribute to youth mental health issues.
#technology
Digital life
fromwww.businessinsider.com
2 days ago

I quit my software engineering job to help seniors with tech. I assist them with things like recovering photos and bank accounts.

Adrian Amora transitioned from software engineering to a tech concierge role to enhance job satisfaction and help older adults with technology.
Digital life
fromwww.businessinsider.com
2 days ago

I quit my software engineering job to help seniors with tech. I assist them with things like recovering photos and bank accounts.

Adrian Amora transitioned from software engineering to a tech concierge role to enhance job satisfaction and help older adults with technology.
Careers
fromRemotive Blog
4 days ago

[Newsletter] Handling the uncertainty a bit better

Building a resilient career is essential in a job market influenced by AI and economic uncertainty.
Cancer
fromFast Company
2 days ago

If you want to get something done, hire a cancer patient

Cancer patients can and do work during treatment, challenging the stereotype that they are too fragile to maintain employment.
Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
3 days ago

Psychology explains people who always keep their phone on silent aren't hard to reach - they're hard to interrupt, and the difference between those two things is the difference between a person who decides when to be available and one who simply is, always, at whatever cost - Silicon Canals

Smartphone notifications disrupt concentration for about seven seconds, leading to significant cognitive costs beyond the immediate interruption.
Marketing tech
fromwww.businessinsider.com
4 days ago

Medvi, the AI-powered telehealth company, is fueled by ads from doctors who don't appear to exist

Medvi, an AI telehealth startup, generated $401 million in revenue last year and is projected to reach $1.8 billion this year, leveraging affiliate marketing.
Books
fromPsychology Today
3 days ago

Is Recovery Too Serious to Be Funny?

Recovery literature often overlooks humor, focusing instead on serious tones despite the potential for laughter in the journey.
Gadgets
fromMan of Many
3 days ago

How to Build the Ultimate Home Office Setup to Work From Home (WFH) Like a Pro | Man of Many

Upgrading your work-from-home setup enhances productivity through better devices, ergonomic furniture, and holistic improvements in your workspace environment.
Wearables
fromFuturism
5 days ago

We Can't Even Imagine the Eating Disorders This New Meta Smart Glasses Feature Will Cause

Meta's Ray-Ban AI glasses may exacerbate eating disorders with features that track and log food intake automatically.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
3 days ago

AI in the mental health care workforce is met with fear, pushback and enthusiasm

AI tools are increasingly adopted in mental health, raising concerns about job replacement and the quality of care.
#ai-in-healthcare
Healthcare
fromTechRepublic
2 days ago

Utah Lets an AI Chatbot Renew Some Psychiatric Prescriptions in New Pilot - TechRepublic

Utah's agreement with Legion Health allows AI to renew certain psychiatric medications under strict conditions and human oversight.
Healthcare
fromTNW | Opinion
2 days ago

Utah let AI prescribe medicine

AI prescription renewals can address medication non-adherence, a significant issue in healthcare, but state oversight may not adequately manage associated risks.
Healthcare
fromwww.cbc.ca
3 days ago

As demand rises, hospitals turn to staff for ideas to improve healthcare using AI | CBC News

AI contest at Trillium Health Partners aims to improve healthcare solutions, with a winning tool to optimize emergency department staffing.
Healthcare
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

This chatbot can prescribe psych meds. Kind of.

Utah allows an AI system to prescribe psychiatric drugs, raising concerns about risks and the effectiveness of expanding mental health care.
Healthcare
fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Exclusive: Blossom Health raises $20 million to bring an AI 'copilot' to psychiatry | Fortune

Blossom Health raised $20 million to develop an AI copilot for psychiatry, aiming to enhance mental health care accessibility and efficiency.
Healthcare
fromTechRepublic
2 days ago

Utah Lets an AI Chatbot Renew Some Psychiatric Prescriptions in New Pilot - TechRepublic

Utah's agreement with Legion Health allows AI to renew certain psychiatric medications under strict conditions and human oversight.
Healthcare
fromTNW | Opinion
2 days ago

Utah let AI prescribe medicine

AI prescription renewals can address medication non-adherence, a significant issue in healthcare, but state oversight may not adequately manage associated risks.
Healthcare
fromwww.cbc.ca
3 days ago

As demand rises, hospitals turn to staff for ideas to improve healthcare using AI | CBC News

AI contest at Trillium Health Partners aims to improve healthcare solutions, with a winning tool to optimize emergency department staffing.
Healthcare
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

This chatbot can prescribe psych meds. Kind of.

Utah allows an AI system to prescribe psychiatric drugs, raising concerns about risks and the effectiveness of expanding mental health care.
Healthcare
fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Exclusive: Blossom Health raises $20 million to bring an AI 'copilot' to psychiatry | Fortune

Blossom Health raised $20 million to develop an AI copilot for psychiatry, aiming to enhance mental health care accessibility and efficiency.
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

How to Be Methodical

Being methodical usually involves creating a process that you trust will eventually lead to an acceptable result, and then committing to executing it over and over. This reduces a lot of mental load, and helps when you don't know exactly how long something will take or how many attempts you'll need to make.
Productivity
#healthcare
Medicine
fromMedium
2 days ago

Why Text-Only RAG Falls Short in Healthcare - and How GraphRAG Can Help

GraphRAG architecture enhances clinical reasoning in healthcare by integrating knowledge graphs, GNNs, and agents for better data governance and explainability.
Medicine
fromMedium
2 days ago

Why Text-Only RAG Falls Short in Healthcare - and How GraphRAG Can Help

GraphRAG architecture enhances clinical reasoning in healthcare by integrating knowledge graphs, GNNs, and agents for better data governance and explainability.
Exercise
fromInsideHook
4 days ago

Do You Have "Shortcut Syndrome"? Here's How to Fix It.

Challenging oneself is essential for personal growth, but not all challenges suit everyone, especially in a frictionless modern life.
fromPsychology Today
4 days ago

Getting Closer to the Bones

Coping with the death of a loved one is individual and, like anything else, exemplified by what works for you. Grief rituals can be practiced alone or with others, created uniquely by you or replicated over centuries.
Relationships
#mental-health
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago

Psychology says keeping your phone on silent isn't a communication preference - it's a nervous system preference, and the people who need it most are often the ones who spent years being on-call for everyone else's emergencies - Silicon Canals

Constant phone notifications can trigger stress responses, leading some to keep their phones on silent as a protective measure for their nervous system.
Social media marketing
fromSocial Media Explorer
3 weeks ago

Mental Health Is One of Social Media's Biggest Content Categories. So Why Are Behavioral Health Employers Invisible? - Social Media Explorer

Mental health content on social media outperforms healthcare professionals, highlighting a marketing issue for behavioral health organizations.
Mental health
fromThe Verge
3 days ago

Gemini is making it faster for distressed users to reach mental health resources

Google updated Gemini to improve access to mental health resources during crises, following a lawsuit alleging harm from its chatbot.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
4 hours ago

A New Master's Degree Helps Improve Global Mental Health

Global mental health awareness is increasing, but significant gaps in services and cultural acceptance persist worldwide.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago

Psychology says keeping your phone on silent isn't a communication preference - it's a nervous system preference, and the people who need it most are often the ones who spent years being on-call for everyone else's emergencies - Silicon Canals

Constant phone notifications can trigger stress responses, leading some to keep their phones on silent as a protective measure for their nervous system.
Social media marketing
fromSocial Media Explorer
3 weeks ago

Mental Health Is One of Social Media's Biggest Content Categories. So Why Are Behavioral Health Employers Invisible? - Social Media Explorer

Mental health content on social media outperforms healthcare professionals, highlighting a marketing issue for behavioral health organizations.
Mental health
fromThe Verge
3 days ago

Gemini is making it faster for distressed users to reach mental health resources

Google updated Gemini to improve access to mental health resources during crises, following a lawsuit alleging harm from its chatbot.
#therapy
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

When Therapy Explains Before It Understands

Therapists may misinterpret clients' experiences by relying on familiar frameworks, potentially overlooking genuine feelings and differences.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

When Therapy Explains Before It Understands

Therapists may misinterpret clients' experiences by relying on familiar frameworks, potentially overlooking genuine feelings and differences.
Productivity
fromFast Company
2 days ago

How AI is quietly exhausting you-and what to do about it

AI tools increase decision-making fatigue among developers, leading to greater exhaustion despite faster coding capabilities.
fromwww.cbc.ca
5 days ago

These Ontario researchers are using virtual reality gaming to help older adults with dementia stay fit | CBC News

"For the ones who are confined in certain spaces or cannot do it independently, this is a great opportunity to transport them to a different reality from the ones that they are currently living in while keeping them active," Munoz told CBC Hamilton from his lab on Laurier's Brantford campus.
Medicine
Healthcare
fromFuturism
2 days ago

Student Dies When Hospital Has No ICU Doctors, Calls One on Videochat Who Pronounces Him Dead Remotely, Lawsuit Claims

Parents of Conor Hylton are suing a Connecticut hospital after their son died in a telehealth ICU without on-site critical care doctors.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
4 days ago

Managing New Online Compulsive Behaviors and Addictions

Addictive behaviors have become prevalent due to the accessibility of technology, impacting individuals' lives and relationships.
Productivity
fromenglish.elpais.com
5 days ago

How the loneliness of working from home can affect mental health: The lab coat mentality is dangerous'

Many writers seek freedom from traditional office work but often find themselves isolated and overworked at home.
Healthcare
fromSecuritymagazine
4 days ago

Healthcare Executives Face a New Era of Personal Risk

Healthcare executives face heightened personal risks due to grievance-motivated cyber threats amid economic pressures and public accountability.
Healthcare
fromFuturism
4 days ago

Startup Approved to Let AI System Prescribe Psychiatric Medication

AI app Legion Health can prescribe psychiatric medications in Utah under strict conditions, raising concerns about over-treatment and patient care quality.
Online marketing
fromAol
1 month ago

Is AI changing how families find ABA therapy? Here's what to know

AI-driven search prioritizes clarity, structure, and authority over keyword matching, making transparent communication and consistent messaging essential for ABA therapy provider visibility.
Mental health
fromFuturism
2 days ago

ChatGPT Is Sending People Into Obsessive Spirals of Hypochrondria

AI chatbots can exacerbate health anxieties, leading individuals to obsess over their health rather than providing reassurance.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
6 days ago

Not everyone who avoids asking for help is proud. Some of them asked once, received it with a lecture attached, and learned that the cost of support was a small erosion of standing they could never quite earn back. - Silicon Canals

Asking for help can lead to unintended consequences that affect relationships and self-perception.
fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

Doctor Mike's Internet Medicine

If it continues to spread past the demarcation that we usually draw using a skin marker-we say Sharpie, but it's a skin marker-we say that this is spreading. Diagnosis: possible sepsis. Varshavski was not talking to the patient or to nursing staff. He was not even in a hospital. He was speaking into a camera in a two-bedroom apartment on the fifty-sixth floor of a building in Hell's Kitchen, in a makeshift studio where he records videos and his popular podcast.
Medicine
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
3 days ago

Is Separating Neurodevelopment and Mental Health Services Helpful?

Neurodevelopmental and mental health conditions overlap significantly, complicating service provision and funding support despite potential benefits of conceptual separation.
Mental health
fromEngadget
3 days ago

Google updates Gemini's mental health safeguards

Google's Gemini chatbot now features a crisis hotline module for better mental health support.
Healthcare
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

Better technology is an imperative for behavioral health

The behavioral health crisis is deepening, yet progress is evident in treatment rates and workforce growth despite ongoing challenges.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
3 days ago

Mental Health Attorneys and Psychiatric Interventions

Interventions are confrontations by family or friends to compel treatment, but they can lead to unexpected adverse events.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
4 days ago

Psychology says people who've mastered not caring aren't detached - they went through a period of caring so much it nearly broke them, and came out the other side with a much shorter list - Silicon Canals

Mastering the art of not caring comes from exhaustion, not indifference, after deeply caring and learning what deserves emotional energy.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
3 days ago

Why Your Company's Wellness Programs Keep Missing the Point

Disconnection in the workplace is often structural, not individual, and requires proper diagnosis to address effectively.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
3 days ago

Psychology says people who intentionally limit their social media use aren't more disciplined than everyone else - they became more honest about what the unlimited version was replacing, which was the interior life, the undirected thought, the boredom that produces things, and once they understood what was being replaced they didn't need discipline, they needed only the honesty to stop - Silicon Canals

Boredom can lead to meaningful engagement and creativity, rather than being a sign of lack of activity.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
5 days ago

Is Too Much Information Fueling Your Anxiety?

Anxiety disorders have increased significantly, likely due to technology's impact on information overload and intolerance of uncertainty.
Mental health
fromBustle
1 week ago

If You Hate Making Phone Calls, This One's For You

Phone anxiety is a real issue affecting many, causing physical and psychological symptoms that can hinder communication.
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Who Does It Help? It's a Good Question in Mental Health Care

Subgroup and biomarker-guided analyses reveal that antidepressants can produce faster, stronger responses in specific genetic or biological subgroups, reducing trial-and-error prescribing.
Mental health
fromInfoQ
1 month ago

From Symptom Checkers to Smart Chatbots: The Role of AI in Virtual Care

Online health searches create two critical problems: unnecessary emergency visits for minor conditions and missed recognition of genuine medical emergencies, both causing harm and inefficiency.
Healthcare
fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago

The Benefits of Choosing Virtual Medical Services

Virtual healthcare offers convenient, time-saving, secure remote medical consultations that reduce infectious exposure, increase access, and fit busy schedules.
fromBusiness Matters
2 months ago

The Rise of Telemedicine: How Digital Health is Reshaping Medical Equipment Demand

Between March 2020 and March 2022, over 100 million telemedicine services were delivered to approximately 17 million Australians. The Australian government invested $409 million to make telehealth permanent, whilst the UK announced £600 million for digital health infrastructure in April 2025. Patient adoption is equally impressive: 60% find telemedicine more convenient than in-person appointments, 55% report higher satisfaction with teleconsultations, and 74% of millennials prefer virtual appointments for routine care. These aren't temporary shifts; they represent a fundamental transformation in healthcare delivery.
Healthcare
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

I Told the Bot, Not My Therapist

People have always sought private spaces for their thoughts: journals, prayers, late-night conversations with themselves. What feels different now is interactivity. A conversational AI system is not a silent page or an imagined listener. It responds. It validates. It adapts to tone and content. For many users-especially those who feel misunderstood or overwhelmed-that responsiveness can feel like relief.
Mental health
#ocd
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

What Is Hope in Mental Health Treatment?

Hope is an active process involving a vision of a better future, imagination, trust, and conviction that a better life can occur despite obstacles.
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