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  • Can a computer diagnose and treat depression?
    Written by: BlackDogLis

    Diagnosing depression has always been very subjective, but a new computer-based screening test developed by the Institute of Psychiatry promises to change this. An online questionnaire will ask the user nine questions about how he or she has felt over the last fortnight, such as sleeping patterns and if they’ve had thoughts of self-harm. Each answer, if it answered truthfully, will then be scored and the total score will determine if the user is suffering from depression and its...

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  • Are lazy journalists to blame for mental health...
    Written by: BlackDogLis

    According to an article on Canada.com, media coverage of mental illness in Canada is ‘overwhelmingly negative’ after researchers analysed news articles and TV transcripts. Rob Whitley, one of the researchers on the study, said: “We see a lot of lazy journalism.”

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  • The fight about antidepressants: Is there a...
    Written by: BlackDogLis
    Do antidepressants work? According to this report from US show 60 Minutes, approximately 17 million Americans are currently taking some form of antidepressants, but to what good? Harvard scientist Irving Kirsch says that the ‘difference between the effect of a placebo and the effect of an antidepressant is minimal’. ‘People get better when they take the drug. But it's not the chemical ingredients of the drug that are making them better.
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  • Will apps that help patients battle anxiety...
    Written by: BlackDogLis

    Can apps really help people who are struggling with anxiety distorders? Would using cognitive bias modification (CBM), such as looking at two faces and forcing people to focus on the one that smiling, for a period each day, help the individual with his or her condition? 

    Check out what this Connected Health Store article has to say...

    Commentspublished 22 | 02 | 2012
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