Mental health
The South West Provider Collaborative has announced it is the first NHS organisation to commission the workflow, referral and waiting list management software supplier Novari Health, following its recent acquisition by VitalHub UK. In partnership with Insight Technologies, Novari Health will deploy its electronic referral and bed management solution for specialist mental health services in [...]
Teenage boys are increasingly turning to AI chatbots for therapy, companionship and romantic relationships, with just over a third saying they would consider having an AI friend, new research shows. The study found that 53 per cent of teenage boys said the online world felt more rewarding than real life, raising concerns about their emotional [...]
OpenAI says 0.07 per cent of weekly ChatGPT users show signs of possible mental health emergencies, including mania, psychosis or suicidal thoughts. The company described such cases as “extremely rare”, but critics argue this still equates to hundreds of thousands of people, given ChatGPT’s 800 million weekly active users, according to chief executive Sam Altman. [...]
By Dr Scott Froum, DDS - Board-Certified Periodontist, New York City For decades, dentistry has been defined by mechanical repair: filling, replacing, and rebuilding what disease or decay destroyed. But a new era of regenerative dentistry is shifting that paradigm. Instead of replacing what has been lost, we are learning how to stimulate the body [...]
Young people are underrepresented in medical trials, prompting warnings that future treatments could be less safe or effective for younger generations, The Guardian has revealed. Gen Z – those born between the late 1990s and the early 2000s – make up 8 per cent of England’s population but just 4.4 per cent of participants in [...]
UK researchers have mapped how anxiety develops in the brain during no-win situations, paving the way for improved diagnosis and treatment. The University of Plymouth research identified specific brain patterns that appear during “avoid-avoid conflict” – when a person must choose between two unpleasant options. Using EEG (electroencephalography), a test that tracks electrical activity in [...]
A mobile app can improve the symptoms of one of the common mental health problems in students - even with limited engagement - according to University of Manchester researchers. The app, called Cerina, uses the principles of cognitive behavioural therapy to treat Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) - which affects a significant number of students, studies [...]
X-on Health, one of the UK’s leading providers of digital front door solutions for primary care, has announced a new partnership with Drinkaware, the UK’s leading alcohol charity. The collaboration will see signposting to Drinkaware’s evidence-based resources integrated directly into X-on Health’s AI Surgery Assist chatbot, used by GP surgeries across the whole of the [...]
Artificial intelligence in healthcare could create complex legal challenges over who is responsible when medical failures occur, experts have warned. A new report raises concerns about who is accountable if patients are harmed by AI systems, along with issues such as limited effectiveness testing. The technology is being developed for clinical uses, including scan interpretation [...]
The UK government has announced £50m in funding for mental health research that will place people with lived experience at the centre of developing new treatments. The Mental Health Goals programme aims to speed up the development of new medicines, technologies and therapies for conditions affecting one in four people in England. Poor mental health [...]
