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Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and former CEO of defunct blood-testing company Theranos who will be tried in March on fraud charges, appears to be attempting to claim a mental health defect as part of her defense. A partially redacted, 11-page document filed in a San Jose, California, federal […]
Doctors are seeing a rise in people reporting severe mental health difficulties, a group of NHS leaders says. It follows a more than 30% drop in referrals to mental health services during the peak of the pandemic. But there are predictions that the recent rise will mean demand actually outstrips pre-coronavirus levels – perhaps by […]
Ginger, a digital health startup that lets users chat with a mental health coach, raised $ 50 million in funding in a series D round. Advance Venture Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners led the funding round, with participation from Cigna Ventures, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, and LinkedIn Executive Chairman Jeff Weiner. David ibnAle, a founding partner […]
The delay in getting children and adolescents back to schools is a “national disaster” that is putting their mental health at risk, say leading psychologists. In an open letter to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, they say the isolation of lockdown is harming already vulnerable young people. Highlighting the low risk to children of Covid-19, they […]
In the spring of 2018, my mental and physical health had deteriorated to a point where I felt unable to function. I wasn’t just dealing with a cold or a bad few weeks. Stress had ravaged my mind and body, creating a snowball effect that led to mental health problems including a panic disorder, major […]
Exhaustion. If one word has echoed around our social media feeds these past few weeks, it’s this one. Black people are tired: tired of justifying how we feel, as if 400 years of oppression were not enough to explain it; tired of showing we are human beings with emotions; and tired of proving how valuable […]
Telehealth once again captured investors’ attention this week when Amwell raised a large funding round. The Boston-based company raised $ 194 million from previous investor Allianz X and drugmaker Takeda. Though Amwell had been talking to investors well before the Covid-19 pandemic started, the telehealth company and its competitors have seen a surge of visits […]
A general excuse given by women with mental health related problems like anxiety, depression, stress etc. is that they smoke to reduce their symptoms, for ‘self-medication’. Heavy smoking does not necessarily lead to fewer symptoms of mental health problems in the long term. Depression: Relationship with Smoking Women especially with depression have difficulty when they […]
NHS staff are at risk of high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder if they don’t get the right support as the coronavirus outbreak subsides, health service adviser Prof Neil Greenberg has said. For now there’s a national focus on health and care workers. Public billboards praise them, millions turn out on the street for a […]
In this hour of crisis and to lower one’s mental stress level, we need to suspend judgment… especially in our new reality of stay-at-home orders. Positive Over Negative Thoughts, both negative or positive lead to mixed feelings which lead to our behavior. Behaviors that showcase your strong leadership skills or display your lack of leadership. […]
As new data and insights about the relationship between physical, mental, and behavioral health emerge, it’s become clear: treating the whole person’s health is better for the individual and can have indirect benefits to your business. Given that May is Mental Health Awareness Month, there is no more important time to highlight the importance of […]
In our series What It’s Like, we speak with people from a wide range of backgrounds about how their lives have changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. For this installment, we spoke to Pooja Lakshmin, M.D., a board-certified perinatal psychiatrist specializing in women’s mental health. (Perinatal means the weeks before and after giving […]
Speaking of your therapy practice, what does your new normal look like? We fully transitioned to telehealth about four weeks ago. We took early precautions because we see a lot of university students and a lot of families, so we wanted to eliminate any chance of spread. The transition has been hard for our clients. […]
The coronavirus pandemic could have a “profound” effect on people’s mental health – now and in the future, say psychiatrists and psychologists who are calling for urgent research. Writing in The Lancet Psychiatry, they say smartphones should be used to monitor mental health in real time. They say support would need to be tailored to […]
Telehealth is providing healthcare to patients in the comfort of their own homes. Telehealth is currently being used as an effective approach for communication, counselling, and consultation worldwide during COVID-19. Mental healthcare is considered an essential service during the lockdown period, and the South African Society of Psychiatrists (SASOP) has assured patients that public and […]