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Psych Central
Scholars at the University of Cambridge have discovered that many of the market-leading commercial counseling programs lack evidence of effectiveness. Moreover, two-thirds of studies on "psychosocial" treatments fail to declare conflicts of interest.
Researchers explain that use of the commercial counseling programs is growing rapidly as health services in many countries increasingly rely on prescribed "psychosocial interventions."
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Psych Central
A new study finds that people with bipolar disorder have lower levels of certain omega-3 fatty acids that cross the blood-brain barrier than people who do not.
Investigators from Pennsylvania State College of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health believe the finding could have future implications for dietary interventions for the disorder.
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Human Resource Executive Online
When tragic events such as the recent terrorist attacks in the City of Lights continue to unfold, employees are naturally going to look to their employers for information, direction and comfort. Are you ready to respond?
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Employee Benefit News
Award-winning smaller employers offer employees typical benefits that support workplace mental health like robust health insurance coverage and employee assistance programs. But they also create a culture of mental wellness with a suite of day-to-day programs that encourage work-life balance, employee involvement and employee growth and development opportunities.
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Harvard Business Review
Once, paying people well, offering interesting assignments, and providing recognition may have been enough to create a great place to work.
But the nature of work has changed. Over the past decade, technological advances have enabled us to work at all hours, often at great expense to our sleep. We’re surrounded by devices that make everything feel urgent, peppering us with distractions and contributing to an ongoing experience of stress. And we’ve become more sedentary, as tasks requiring movement have quietly disappeared.
A growing number of companies have begun recognizing that helping employees maintain their well-being is now a vital component to creating a thriving workplace.
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The New York Times
There is little question that civil commitment saves lives of severely addicted people in the short term by abruptly interrupting cycles of extreme self-destruction. This acute rescue function is not enough, however. While everyone prefers that patients voluntarily get help instead of being forced into it, the rate of drop-out from voluntary commitment after several weeks is a common problem. Drop out almost always means relapse. Civil commitment — with patients’ legal right to challenge, of course — provides the leverage to remain in care.
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The New York Times
Send an avatar surfing down an icy river by tilting your computer tablet from side to side. Grab bluebirds (but not red birds) each time they appear on your screen by tapping your thumb on the surface. Zoom over flashing power stations, but steer clear of the riverbanks. These are the challenges of Project: EVO, a computer program created to improve attention and reduce impulsivity in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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The Hill
Public health experts are pushing for major reforms in how powerful painkillers are prescribed and addicts are treated. The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health released a report that calls for changes to the way medical students and physicians are trained and stricter oversight of clinical prescribing. “The Prescription Opioid Epidemic: An Evidence-Based Approach,” recommends Congress repeal existing permissive and lax prescription laws, mandate all prescribers use Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs, state databases that include controlled substance prescriptions from in-state pharmacies, and make them more accessible to law enforcement when warranted.
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The New York Times
The idea of putting a mind-altering drug in the drinking water is the stuff of sci-fi, terrorist plots and totalitarian governments. Considering the outcry that occurred when putting fluoride in the water was first proposed, one can only imagine the furor that would ensue if such a thing were ever suggested.
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