Historically, medical students, residents, and physicians experience higher rates of stress—such as anxiety, depression, and related mental illness that affects quality of life, productivity, and patient care—but lower rates of seeking support.
Post Tagged with: "mental health"
AI and Mental Health: Benefits, Risks, & Expert-Backed Prompts—Newsweek
Read article—Nicholas Jacobson, an associate professor of biomedical data science and psychiatry, is quoted in an article about how to safely and effectively use AI for mental health. The article mentions Jacobson’s Therabot study, which found that users experienced a significant reduction in symptoms, but also concluded that clinician oversight is necessary to ensure safety. “There’s great benefit, but there’s also great risk,” Jacobson said.
Free 10-Minute Online Programs Aimed at Overcoming Depression Led to Real Improvements – New Research—The Conversation
Read article—An opinion piece by Benjamin Kaveladze, a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, about his new paper reporting that even small interventions can lead to measurable improvements in depressive symptoms. “Our study is the first to show that single-session interventions can lead to monthlong reductions in depression in adults,” Kaveladze writes.
UPDATED — How Triathlon Helped Stephanie Cummings Overcome Adversity and Discover Her Strength
The IRONMAN 70.3 triathlon includes a 1.2-mile swim, a 56-mile bike ride, and a 13.1-mile run. Completed in succession, it requires grit, endurance, and an unshakable belief that anything is possible. Stephanie “Steph” Cummings, the records and service specialist in Geisel School of Medicine’s Registrar’s Office, embodies that belief.
The Nation’s Top Doctors Put Spotlight on Youth Mental Health
The palpable weight of the day’s topic hung in the room when six former U.S. Surgeons General took the stage at Dartmouth on Monday in front of an audience of hundreds. The topic at hand? The global youth mental health crisis.
Dartmouth’s play2Prevent Lab and Nonprofit Proof Positive Collaborate to Design Mental Health Games for Autistic Youth
The play2PREVENT Lab at the Geisel School of Medicine has received a grant from Proof Positive, a nonprofit organization focused on promoting the well-being of the autism community, to fund a two-year initiative to create and evaluate digital health games that help autistic youth build emotional resilience, social confidence, and positive coping strategies.
Luis Rosa: Supporting Medical Students’ Wellbeing
An advocate for underrepresented students, Luis Rosa, MEd, LCMHC, has spent the better part of his career focusing on their mental health needs. He now works with Geisel’s Counseling Services team where he continues his dedication to the wellbeing of Black, LGBTQ, and multi-racial students.
Evaluating the Feasibility and Accessibility of Digital Technology Interventions for Global Mental Health
An advocate for evidence-based interventions, John Naslund and colleagues reviewed preliminary studies on the effectiveness of using digital technologies to treat mental disorders and summarized their finding in Lancet Psychiatry.
Proxi App Places Friends and Family on Mental Health Care Teams
“We see this as a way to transform mental health treatment,” says Geisel’s William Hudenko.
Dartmouth SYNERGY: Improving Community Health Through Local Research Partnerships
Three innovative research pilots, pairing Dartmouth investigators with community-based partners, are being funded by Dartmouth SYNERGY’s Community Engagement Research Core to address challenging health problems facing our communities.