There are thousands of apps that claim to promote mental well-being, but not all of them are safe or effective.
Tag: Psychology and Psychologists
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What is Microdosing, and Does it Work?
Scientists are split over whether the benefits some microdosers experience are a placebo effect or something more.
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Can A.I.-Driven Voice Analysis Help Identify Mental Disorders?
Early tests have been promising, but issues involving bias, privacy and mistrust of “black box” algorithms are possible pitfalls.
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Learning the Right Way to Struggle
Several common educational strategies lean into the idea that, in the classroom, challenge is something to embrace.
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Prolonged Grief: A Mental Disorder, or a Natural Process?
“How dare you tell me how long I may grieve?” one reader writes. Readers are mostly opposed to declaring it a disorder, arguing that it is stigmatizing.