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How Artificial Intelligence is Shaping Personalized Mental Health Care
AI programs assist clinicians in surfacing signs of depression through patient data.
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The Allure of the Weighted Blanket
They’re taking over Amazon and Kickstarter. But do they live up to the hype?
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What is Performance Anxiety?
Cognitive psychologist Sian Beilock, explains performance anxiety, choking under pressure, and what we can do to perform our best.
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Does Facing Your Fears Help You Get Over Them?
Fear experts Michael Telch, a psychologist at the University of Texas, and Kerry Ressler, a psychiatrist at Emory University, explain how facing our fears can retrain the brain.
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What Is a Panic Attack?
Feeling panic is a natural response to danger. The problem comes when you feel panic without a threat.
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What Are Phobias and How Are They Treated?
Barbara Rothbaum answers your questions about phobias and therapies.
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Natural Disasters Take a Toll on Mental Health
After the torrential rains end, or the flood recedes, or the fire burns out, many people continue to feel the emotional wounds of a natural disaster.
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What Part of the Brain Deals With Anxiety? What Can Brains Affected by Anxiety Tell us?
Mohammad Milad answers your questions about anxiety and anxiety disorders.
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The Neuroscience of Stress
Neuroscientists are beginning to reveal how chronic stress can impact the brain, body, and behavior.
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
What is research uncovering about this anxiety disorder?
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Lincoln's Misfortune
The diagnosis of the mental state of public figures is an overwhelming impulse for some, particularly in the current political season where terms like “narcissism”, “pathological liar”, and “megalomaniac” are now a routine part of the discourse.
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