Mental health
Mental health problems are soaring alongside the cost of living crisis. With the NHS in a crisis of its own, many people are turning to technological solutions, including AI robots, therapy apps and online resources. But is this adequate to help a struggling nation? Winter is looming - and it’s going to be colder for [...]
Families are turning to AI-powered apps and tech solutions - as survey reveals 1 in 10 will struggle to feed their children this winter… Even the UK’s “high earners” (earning between £65,0001 and £75,000) are preparing to heat only their children’’s bedrooms, rather than their full house this winter - with 1 in 10 families [...]
Cancer patients at the end-of-life have been going on emotional VR field trips – to “breathe in” the mountains, and visit loved seaside spots once again… A kind-hearted VR film maker is giving cancer patients the chance to go on virtual field trips, so they can smile, laugh and feel “freedom of life” from their [...]
The cost of living crisis has hit right where it hurts - at home and in business. We’ve taken a look at some specialised health tech and apps which are designed to help us cope, emotionally and financially, through these difficult and uncertain times… Unlike previous hard times such as the recession of 2008, we’re [...]
The world is bracing itself as headlines hit about the metaverse coming to life - changing every aspect of life as we know it. But what does this mean for healthcare? More than you might think, it would seem… The metaverse was a science fiction, far away notion just a couple of years ago, fit [...]
A podcast addressing self-harm, psychosis and borderline personality disorder is aiming to help psychiatric patients though digital connection. On the Ward, which aired its first episode in June, gives online listeners an exclusive insight into life as an inpatient - opening new channels for understanding. Presenter John Barry Waldron follows a new willing patient each [...]
Mental health professionals are increasingly using apps with their PTSD patients. We’ve asked the experts with real, hands-on experience for their top recommendations... Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be a paralysing experience - often forcing patients to re-live frightening or dangerous trauma. Fear triggers can be so strong that re-experiencing events and emotions can have [...]
The existing mental health crisis in the UK is expected to soar to a whole new level, with estimations that 10 million people will seek support in the next three-to-five years. The Centre for Mental Health and partners reports that mental health services in England will need additional capacity for 8.5 million adults and 1.5 [...]
A frightening truth: Tech overuse in the next generation may cause a dangerous spike in early-onset dementia, and ‘digital dementia’, as well as an overall cognitive decline. Professionals say it's time to act, or face the consequences. Health Tech World reports… Effects of excessive screen time on neurodevelopment is widely known to be detrimental. Modern [...]
