Ex-Google Health leader's new venture puts positivity & fun (not data) at the...
A corporate wellness program created by former Google and Microsoft executive Adam Bosworth combines gaming and social elements to make employees healthier.See it on Scoop.it, via E-Mental Health and...
View ArticleThe future's e-mental health, explain mental health leaders
Over the past 20 years, digital technology has truly revolutionised the way we conduct our everyday lives. It’s also meant big changes to how we look after our own health. NHS Choices, for...
View ArticleVideo games are good for your mental health, especially for seniors
Researchers from North Carolina State University asked 140 people aged 63 and older if they play video games, and if they do, how often. Around 61 percent said they play games on occasion, while 35...
View ArticleLove letters and kindness may improve mental health
Can love letters to strangers be good for your mental health?Dan Baxter's insight:'A study published in the journal Emotion reports that performing acts of kindness may help people with social anxiety...
View ArticleStudents Confess Their Darkest Secrets on Facebook
High school and university students are taking to Facebook confessions pages to share anonymous secrets.Dan Baxter's insight:Interesting that people wish to anonymously share but as expected, it...
View Article'My Journey' Youth Mental Health App
Learn how to manage your mental health & track your journeySee it on Scoop.it, via E-Mental Health and wellbeing
View ArticleE-mental health: what's all the fuss about? [INFOGRAPHIC]
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View ArticleThis heart rate sensor is worn around the ear, connects with an app aimed at...
A heart rate sensor worn around the ear and connects with an app is aimed at reducing stress.See it on Scoop.it, via E-Mental Health and wellbeing
View ArticleAppily Ever After? The Smartphone as Shrink
The author puts five psychology apps to the test to see if they really help her improve her and her family’s lives.Dan Baxter's insight:Amusing article, it appears that apps can help to provide some...
View ArticleThe best digital health app is conversation
Although our attention may be distracted from time to time by a health-related smartphone or tablet app, a health tracking device, a quantified self peripheral, or some other piece of shiny,...
View ArticleKinect Can Tell if You're Depressed
SimSensei, an online interface that uses Kinect sensors, identifies characteristic movements and facial expressions that indicate depression.Dan Baxter's insight:I think this is clearly just the start...
View ArticleMotivation for Depression Study - Depression Infogram - Everyday Health
In an Everyday Health depression study, we discovered common sources of strength and motivation for readers who are managing depression. Heres what they said.Dan Baxter's insight:Depression the...
View ArticleQuitting smoking reduces depression: study - Star Observer
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View ArticleTen-year study says austerity is increasing rates of suicide and limiting...
LONDON (Reuters) - Austerity is having a devastating effect on health in Europe and North America, driving suicide, depression and infectious diseases and reducing access to medicines and care,...
View ArticleSocial connections drive the 'upward spiral' of positive emotions and health
People who experience warmer, more upbeat emotions may have better physical health because they make more social connections, according to a new study.Dan Baxter's insight:Perhaps a bit 'out there' in...
View ArticleWhich Bundles of Features in a Web-Based Personally Controlled Health...
Which Bundles of Features in a Web-Based Personally Controlled Health Management System Are Associated With Consumer Help-Seeking Behaviors for Physical and Emotional Well-Being?See it on Scoop.it,...
View ArticleDealing with depression has made me a better doctor
It took a conversation over coffee with a good friend of mine who is a psychiatrist to make me realize that I was depressed.See it on Scoop.it, via E-Mental Health and wellbeing
View ArticleHealth Communication Workers Prefer YouTube Over Other Social Media
A study by communications agency Ideahaus that was published in the Journal of Communication in Healthcare finds that health care communications professionals prefer using YouTube over Twitter and...
View ArticleApp Delivers 'Virtual Placebo' to Improve Your Health
A team of researchers is raising funds through Indiegogo for a placebo app -- no pills, just pictures.Dan Baxter's insight:Sounds utterly bizarre but I think many will look out for the results with...
View ArticleMental health 'bible' update due
An update to one of the most important manuals in mental health - known as the bible of psychiatry - is to be published later on Saturday.See it on Scoop.it, via E-Mental Health and wellbeing
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