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Opinion: What the recent failures of Mindstrong and Pear tell us about the future of digital mental health

STAT News

Over the past five years, digital mental health has risen from a niche topic to a global health priority. Two companies that came to embody this potential were Mindstrong for smartphone monitoring of mental health and Pear Therapeutics for FDA-approved apps and digital interventions. billion evaluation.

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Study uses Twitter to analyze factors that affect the subjective well-being of university students

Medical Xpress

Previous research has shown that it is possible to predict Twitter users' personalities and mental health by analyzing their social network and word statistics information.

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Opinion: The real experts: people living with mental illness

STAT News

When Ken Duckworth was a child, his family didn’t talk about mental health, especially not his father’s bipolar disorder. It was an untouchable topic, but Duckworth knew his father shouldn’t be seen as a lost cause. “They find ways.

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Meet Florence, WHO’s AI-powered digital health worker

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An artificial intelligence-powered digital health worker has been unveiled by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as its latest tool for disseminating reliable health information to the public. The new version – dubbed Florence 2.0 – covers a broader range of topics.

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September 7, 2022: This Week’s Grand Rounds Kicks Off Special Series on Ethical and Regulatory Issues in Pragmatic Trials

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Steve Joffe will kick off our special Grand Rounds series, Ethical & Regulatory Dimensions of Pragmatic Clinical Trials, with a keynote presentation, “Building an Academic Learning Health System: Why Is It So Hard?” ” The Grand Rounds session will be held on Friday, September 9, 2022, at 1:00 pm eastern.

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Presenting information about mental health in a second language could help counter cultural norms against treatment

Medical Xpress

Public health outreach efforts often strive to overcome communication barriers by using interpretation and translation to present information to communities in their native language.

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NICE to update endometriosis guidelines to improve diagnosis and surgical management

Pharmaceutical Technology

The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has agreed to update its guidelines on endometriosis diagnosis, surgical management, and surgical management when fertility is a priority. The decision came following a surveillance review led by NICE, which identified sufficient new evidence to support this update.

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