Search Tag: mental health
Mental-health-and-policy-stringency-during-covid-19
2022 03 May
According to two new studies that have reviewed data from 15 countries, pandemic policy measures aimed at controlling rather than eliminating COVID-19 are associated with worse mental health and lower life evaluations. Findings are published in The Lancet. Study results show that countries that aimed to eliminate community transmission within...Read more
Geneva-health-forum-2022
2022 03 May
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Apa-2022-american-psychiatric-association-annual-meeting
2022 21 May
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How-wise-are-you
2021 07 Dec
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that a seven-item scale can help determine a person’s level of wisdom. The results are apparently quite reliable. The same researchers had previously developed a 28-item San Diego Wisdom Scale (SD-WISE-28). The scale has been used in several large national and international...Read more
Behavioural-and-maternal-health-drop-for-u-s-children-and-women
2021 14 Oct
The 2021 Health of Women and Children report, recently assembled by the United Health Foundation, shows deteriorating behavioural and maternal health among U.S. women and children. This report is included in America’s Health Rankings, which analyses U.S. national health by state, using historical and comprehensive health, environmental and socioeconomic...Read more
10-october-2021-celebrating-world-mental-health-day
2021 30 Sep
“World Mental Health Day,” celebrated 10 October every year, is a global campaign advocating mental health and educating the public. The World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) established World Mental Health Day in 1992 and broadcast a two-hour telecast across the globe for the first three years to promote mental health. Since then, the WFMH has...Read more
J-p-morgan-40th-annual-healthcare-conference-2022
2022 10 Jan
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Hospital-leaders-provision-of-childcare-can-be-a-game-changer
2021 21 Jun
Workforce shortages are an issue faced by many hospital leaders. Implementing four basic child care policies in your institution, could be a game-changer when it comes to retaining workers - especially women, according to a recent article published in Harvard Business Review (HBR). During the pandemic, women have been disproportionately...Read more
Healthcare-leaders-discuss-pandemic-role-of-the-chief-wellness-officer
2021 13 May
Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare systems struggled to manage the mental health and wellbeing of their diverse healthcare workforce who often suffered from stress, anxiety, long working hours and other related issues, which can lead to workplace burnout. The relatively new role of the chief wellness officer (CWO) are tasked with...Read more
Mental-health-services-challenged-by-covid-19-analysis-of-a-selected-area-in-northern-italy
2021 26 Apr
An overview of the consequences of neglecting mental health and a case study of reorganisation of mental health service practices in Asti County, Italy. Key Points Mental health as a strategy of care for targeting inequalities as direct determinants of diseases. Reorganisation of the practices of mental health services during the...Read more
Harnessing-the-potential-of-technology-for-mental-healthcare
2021 26 Apr
Digital mental health services hold great potential for the future of mental healthcare provision; embedding the services in a stepped care model (with steps providing prevention or treatment of different intensities depending on the severity of the illness) and in a hybrid approach (integrating both virtual and in-person care) ensures that the...Read more
Healthcare-workers-during-pandemic-major-factors-for-well-being
2021 23 Apr
A new study looks into prevalent determinants of psychological well-being in healthcare workers based on survey data collected in three countries. You might also like: A nurse looks back: what has happened to the profession over the last 12 months? Learn more Already a crisis in pre-pandemic times, burnout, anxiety and other...Read more
Icu-mental-health-in-the-ongoing-pandemic-how-will-we-be-okay
2021 19 Apr
After a year of this pandemic, this article explores what we currently understand about the psychological impact experienced by ICU teams and provides practical guidance to help build personal and team resilience as the journey with COVID-19 continues with no end in sight. Introduction When COVID-19 emerged as a new pathogen, the pictures...Read more
Acog-2021-american-college-of-obstetricians-and-gynecologists-annual-meeting
2021 30 Apr
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State-of-mental-health-digital-providers-insight
2021 12 Feb
A new research assesses the role digital providers play in the mental health support during the pandemic. You might also like: ATA & ORCHA Partner for Health App Quality Mental health had been on the radar of the World Health Organization even before COVID-19, with an estimated 1 billion people worldwide suffering...Read more
Digital-healthcare-focus-societal-health-perspectives
2021 01 Feb
The costs of loneliness, and telepresence as a social snack In this space I explore monthly topics, from concepts to technologies, related to the necessary steps to build Digital Healthcare Systems. For the month of February 2021, I have invited Prof. Luisa Lima to co-author a brief article on ‘The costs of loneliness and...Read more
Post-intensive-care-syndrome-a-necessary-harm-in-the-critically-ill
2020 24 Nov
Critically ill patients can develop a series of complications due to ICU risk factors that may lead to permanent disability. The implementation of strategies to reduce its incidence is essential. N owadays, the possibilities of survival of critically ill patients have grown due to technological and medical advances. This leads to...Read more
Life-after-covid-19-hospitalisation
2020 14 Nov
Findings from a new study show that surviving a case of COVID-19 that is severe enough to require hospitalisation can be quite challenging, but life after the ICU stay is also not a bed of roses. The study includes data from 1250 patients treated in 38 hospitals. The average age of the participants is 62 years, and 83% of the patients lived at...Read more
The-transformative-power-of-the-patient-voice
2020 12 Nov
How to amplify the voice of cancer patients worldwide in order to accelerate comprehensive care and improve the mental health of everyone affected by cancer. Key Points The active patient is a novelty and the underlying assumption is that the patient will remain passive during their treatment. The War On Cancer app is a social...Read more
Managing-eating-disorders-in-multi-user-virtual-reality
2020 23 Oct
A team of researchers share their experience of creating and testing a multi-user virtual reality (MUVR) remote psychotherapeutic system for body weight and shape concerns. You might also like: Feasibility and Potential Benefits of Immersive Virtual Reality in the Intensive Care Unit Applications of virtual reality (VR) is an...Read more
Pandemic-related-stress-in-healthcare-workers
2020 20 Oct
Frontline healthcare workers (HCWs) are under great pressure attending to COVID-19 patients. Swamped with large volumes of infected patients, medical staff are also burdened by fears of contracting the disease especially amidst shortages of personal protective equipment, masks and other medical supplies. It comes as no surprise when UK researchers,...Read more
Lessons-learnt-from-covid-19-a-mental-health-perspective-on-the-use-of-digital-technologies
2020 28 Sep
While capacity in the health system was increased to manage COVID-19 infections, the experience for mental health was very different – services were closed and referrals fell by up to 90%. What are the lessons learnt for managing mental health services in a future pandemic and what is the role of digital technology? Key Points Mental health...Read more
Smart-and-comfortable-eyewear
2020 03 Sep
New smart eyewear has been developed by University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers that can track pulse and eye movement. This new technology can accurately monitor the ophthalmological and cardiac signals needed for studies on sleep quality and mental health, according to a recent study (Homayounfar et al. 2020). You might also like:...Read more
Moral-injury-the-invisible-epidemic
2020 08 Jul
The world has seen the loss of many healthcare workers during the COVID-19 crisis. Many have succumbed to the virus, but some have taken their own lives amid all this misery. As trauma and grief continue to plague healthcare workers, it is time to take a look at the invisible epidemic: moral injury. All across the globe, healthcare workers are...Read more
Chatbot-use-in-mental-health-decisive-factors
2020 06 Jul
Fully automated conversational agents (CAs), also known as bots or chatbots, now commonly assist consumers when doing online shopping and banking transactions, as well as in making doctors' appointments. You might also like: Healthcare Data: Creating a Learning Healthcare Ecosystem A new area where intelligent chatbots can...Read more
Staff-mental-health-protection-in-pandemic
2020 27 May
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Covid-19-and-its-impact-on-health-and-wellbeing
2020 06 May
One of the major topics in the COVID-19 broader discussions is the impact the restrictions and mitigation measures have on the public’s health. A new academic research project has been launched to collect the relevant data in 30 countries so that to allow policymakers around the world to improve their pandemic responses. You may also like...Read more