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Specially designed video games may benefit mental health of children and teenagers

Psychiatry News -- Science Daily

Scientists conclude that some video games created as mental health interventions can be helpful -- if modest -- tools in improving the mental well-being of children and teens with anxiety, depression and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

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ABC News: Filmmaker Lauren Greenfield’s new doc looks at how social media reshapes childhood

Child Mind Intitute

Dr. Dave Anderson of the Child Mind Institute sits down with ABC News to discuss the relationship between social media and the ongoing youth mental health crisis. The post ABC News: Filmmaker Lauren Greenfield’s new doc looks at how social media reshapes childhood appeared first on Child Mind Institute.

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Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome: Just the Beginning

From Both Sides of the Couch

Personal Perspective: I've been stable on the same antidepressant for 10 years. Now with a prior authorization hanging in the balance, I'm terrified my health may be at stake.

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Montana Winters: How to Beat Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) in Billings and Bozeman

Montana Psychiatry

Summer is officially over now that the First Day of Fall has arrived. Many of us are excited for cozy sweaters, crisp air, and holiday plans. But for some, the changing seasons bring more than just a new look outsideit can also bring an emotional shift that feels heavy and tough to handle. If you’ve been feeling a little down as the days get shorter and darker, you’re definitely not alone.

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Common brain network detected among veterans with traumatic brain injury could protect against PTSD

Psychiatry News -- Science Daily

Researchers analyzed 193 patients from the Vietnam Head Injury Study with penetrating traumatic brain injury to determine if the location of shrapnel damage to their brains influenced risk of developing PTSD. Damage to areas connected to the amygdala was associated with a lower chance of developing PTSD. The study suggests lesions that could protect against PTSD map to a specific brain circuit connected to the amygdala and the medial prefrontal cortex.

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How Do New Brain Therapies Promote Mental Health?

The Whole Psychiatry & Brain Recovery Center

The post How Do New Brain Therapies Promote Mental Health? appeared first on The Whole Psychiatry & Brain Recovery Center.

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How to Be a Happy, Successful Incurable Schizophrenic

Mad in America

I have known since August 1963 that I am a schizophrenic. It was then that, at the age of seventeen, I had my first schizophrenic hallucination. It was a Beatific Vision. From April 1965 until May 1966, I was hospitalized at McLean Hospital, given large doses of Thorazine and Stelazine, and told by so many psychiatrists in so many ways that I was a hopeless, incurable case and the sooner I realized that I could never lead a happy, productive life, the better it would be for me.