Mental health
A single LSD dose eased anxiety and depression symptoms for up to 12 weeks in patients with generalised anxiety disorder, new research shows. The study involved 198 adults with generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), a form of anxiety that affects about one in 10 people over the course of a year. GAD involves persistent, excessive worry [...]
Neurovalens, a Belfast-based neurotech company, has raised £6m (€6.95m) to support its commercial expansion in the US and other global markets. The funds will be used to boost sales of its current medical devices and pursue additional approvals from US regulators. Its technology delivers mild electrical stimulation to targeted parts of the brain and nervous [...]
A new study has revealed how a key serotonin receptor works, offering clues for developing faster, more targeted treatments for mental health conditions. Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai reported new findings on the 5-HT1A receptor – a key drug target for antidepressants and psychedelics – that help explain its molecular [...]
Earzz is a British startup behind a Health Tech World Award-winning monitoring technology aiming to advance safety, independence and care outcomes. The company was founded by CEO Pradyumna Thiruvenkatanathan who has been combining acoustic engineering and AI for around 20 years. Thiruvenkatanathan’s innovations include a gravity sensor and a tool that enables BP to ‘listen’ [...]
Dr Julian, the UK’s highest-rated digital mental health platform, has launched a cost effective, digital ADHD Pre-Screen Consultation service to help employers, occupational health teams and NHS partners fast-track access into specialist services for individuals showing signs of ADHD. The new service offers affordable, specialist-led consultations within days, significantly reducing the wait associated with traditional [...]
A serious video game developed in Cornwall aims to help young people explore mental health challenges linked to adverse childhood experiences such as bereavement or poverty. The Ace of Hearts game is part of ATTUNE, a £35m UK-wide programme using arts-based methods, including gaming, to explore how negative early experiences affect mental health. Developers at [...]
Mental health platform LISSUN has acquired US-based Being Cares as it moves to integrate AI into family-focused mental healthcare services. The deal combines LISSUN’s therapist-led model with Being Cares’ AI-based mental health mapping system, aiming to deliver a tech-driven approach to care. Being Cares currently supports nearly one million users worldwide through its AI system, [...]
An automated system has allowed researchers to observe schizophrenia-related behaviours in mice in a more natural environment, which could support future psychiatric studies. The IntelliCage platform uses microchipped mice and automated data tracking to monitor behaviour without human contact, helping to reduce interference in preclinical models of mental illness. Researchers from Fujita Health University in [...]
Better and Speeds Healthcare, an outsourced medicines management provider to the independent sector, have finalised an agreement to roll out the Better Meds solution across 55 mental health sites in the UK. The strategic partnership will see services move from manual recording on paper charts and whiteboards to streamlined, electronic prescribing and medicine administration (ePMA) [...]
Doctors in Gloucestershire will offer free football tickets to patients with depression under a new social prescribing scheme. The initiative, launching this season, has been developed by Labour MP Dr Simon Opher and Ecotricity owner Dale Vince. It will offer patients at surgeries across Gloucestershire tickets to National League side Forest Green Rovers at The [...]
