Fri.Aug 23, 2024

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Giving Caregivers a Platform: Leigh, Mother of Melissa

Mad in America

I magine a campfire built with logs of wood in a pyramid with a tinder underneath it to get it going. You ignite the tinder and blow on it to encourage the flame to rise upward and catch hold of the larger pieces of wood. A log by itself does not catch the flame, but the simmering tinder is always there, burning like an ember ready to expand. Now imagine that happening inside your head.

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The Science on Social Media and Youth Mental Health Is Incomplete — So What Can Parents Do?

Child Mind Intitute

Watch the Recording On August 20, over 950 viewers tuned in as Dave Anderson, PhD , vice president of public engagement and education at the Child Mind Institute, moderated a roundtable discussion on what the research says about the perils and promise of social media for our kids. The panel was made up of Pete Etchells, PhD , who studies evidence-based approaches to screen and social media policies at Bath Spa University in the United Kingdom; Candice Odgers, PhD , a researcher on social media a

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Could artificial intelligence be the key to unlocking treatment-resistant depression?

Potomac Psychiatry

In the evolving landscape of healthcare, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is emerging as a powerful tool for diagnosing and treating complex medical conditions that have long perplexed even the most seasoned clinicians. Among these conditions, treatment-resistant depression (TRD) stands out as one of the most challenging. Despite numerous advances in psychiatric care, a significant subset of patients remains unresponsive to traditional treatments, leaving them in a state of chronic mental distress.

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Review of Ketamine: The Story of Modern Psychiatry's Most Fascinating Molecule

Real Psychiatry

Keith Rasmussen is Professor of Psychiatry at the Mayo Clinic and the author of an authoritative text on electroconvulsive therapy - Principles and Practice of Electroconvulsive Therapy. I noticed the pre-release literature on his book on ketamine and waited for months to get a copy. After reading it I can say it was one of the best books I have read in psychiatry.