Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Video Game Uses Brain Wave Monitoring to Treat ADHD
While there are a number of drugs to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), they can have some pretty serious side effects. Researchers in Singapore at the country's Institute of Mental Health (IMH), Duke-NUS (National...
Psychiatry
Narbis Glasses Detect Brainwaves to Measure Attention, Turn Dark to Help Keep Focus
Consumer-grade electroencephalography (EEG) devices are interesting novelties, but their capabilities tend to be very limited. What they're pretty good at, though, is evaluating whether a person is focused and paying attention to something....
Psychiatry
HUMM Releases First Affordable Patch for Improving Working Memory: Exclusive Interview
We previously interviewed Humm, a San Francisco-based neuroscience company, when they had first released their Edge headset – an electrical stimulation device that helped users by boosting their working memory. Humm is focused on helping...
Psychiatry
Sweat Sensors Help Predict Outbursts in Autistic Kids
Kids with autism can become unruly and aggressive, often without any warnings for those around them. Such outbursts can also be emotionally difficult for family and caretakers, not just the kids, and planning events and going into public places...
Psychiatry
Meru Health Offers Biofeedback Tracking with New Wearable
Last week, Meru Health, a digital mental health clinic, announced the launch of a wearable to capture biofeedback, including heart rate variability (HRV), during mental health exercises. The clip-on wearable is affixed to an individual’s ear...
Psychiatry
Sensor Reads Signs of Oncoming Aggression in Autism
Many people who suffer from autism experience periods when they become aggressive, something that tends to come out of the blue. Those taking care of such folks have a hard time managing such episodes, particularly because there's no warning...
Psychiatry
Tourette Syndrome Treated with Functional MRI
Researchers at Yale University have for the first time showed that it is possible to control the symptoms of Tourette Syndrome using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The researchers recruited twenty one 11 to 19 year-olds and...
Psychiatry
Smart Wrist Band Helps People with Affective Disorders to Monitor Emotions
Researchers at the University of Lancaster have developed a smart material that can help those with affective disorders, such as anxiety, bi-polar disorder and depression, to monitor their emotions. The smart material, worn as a wrist band, can...
Psychiatry
Women Paint Over Own Digital Avatars to Improve Mental Health
How we view our bodies is often influenced by popular culture and each one of our's social environment. Young women, in particular, tend to suffer from poor "body image," which can result in depression, eating disorders, and all kinds of other...
Psychiatry