Archive for 'Technology'
Socialising, Mental Health And Stress Relief: Why Aussies Play Video Games
Kids and adults, young and old, for recreation and for rehabilitation – video games are now firmly cemented into the daily lives of Australians, with new research showing 67 per cent of us are gaming. Smashing [...]
Medibio boss intends to hit mental illness hard
Jack Cosentino says he is an “impatient CEO” and the hectic pace he has set in his first five months as head of biotech Medibio — overhauling management, refreshing the board and sacking unwanted shareholders — [...]
How technology is changing drug addiction treatment
Treating drug addiction with psychotherapy could perhaps be considered the most human activity on the planet. Yet, it now seems technology is fundamentally changing the way we think about drug addiction and its treatment. New apps, [...]
A woman’s tweet about taking a mental health day went viral. Here’s why it shouldn’t have
The Internet is fixated on a boss’s reply to an employee who took time off for her mental health, and the viral response reveals much of what is right and wrong about mental health care in America. [...]
Mobile phone health apps: how useful are they really?
Have you turned to a mobile app to manage or improve your health? Apps that claim to treat everything from pimples to depression appeal to the anxiety many of us harbour about our health. But how [...]
Mental health: Online service for remote patients
RESIDENTS in regional and rural Australia can for the first time consult a psychiatrist from the comfort of their own home thanks for a new online service. The Dokotela service allows people in remote areas [...]
The social media app ranked the worst for mental health in young people
Instagram has earned the title of the worst social media app for mental health in young people. As part of a UK-based survey of almost 1500 residents aged between 14 and 24, participants were asked to [...]
Australians cautioned over mental health apps
Downloading an app seemed like the simplest way to cope with the stress and anxiety Jazmin was experiencing. “You could go to the app store and download it and it would be on your phone in five [...]
Digital Mental Fitness Program for Construction Professionals
We all know that the Australian construction industry’s efficiency in delivering our much needed infrastructure is absolutely central to Australia’s future economic prosperity. Now, a company using a new type of well-being program called digital mental [...]
Online mental health treatments are proven to reduce depression
It was an illness that almost claimed her life. There were days when she couldn’t leave the house, or even get out of bed. But for years after she was diagnosed, Shannai Pearce was too afraid [...]
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Mental illness mostly caused by life events not genetics, argue psychologists
My apologies for the passion in my response. It springs from deep dee
Mental illness mostly caused by life events not genetics, argue psychologists
The rest of the article...I must say...brought deep healing and affirm
Mental illness mostly caused by life events not genetics, argue psychologists
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More than half Australian infants have risk factors for adult mental illness
What absolute alarmist disease mongering garbage. You would have to be
How we can cope with family estrangement during Christmas
As someone who is estranged, I don't what to say. Out of my friends, I