Smartphone-Based Conversational Agents and Responses to Questions About Mental Health, Interpersonal Violence, and Physical Health AUTHORS: Adam S. Miner, PsyD; Arnold Milstein, MD; Stephen Schueller, PhD; Roshini Hegde; Christina Mangurian, MD, MAS; Eleni Linos, MD, DrPH This March 2016 article by San Francisco authors was designed to describe responses of four widely used technological conversational […]
Depression, Domestic Violence, Mental Health, Psychology, Smart Phone Technology, Technology
Sex and Age Differences in Global Pain Status Among Patients Using Opioids Long Term for Chronic Noncancer Pain AUTHORS: LeResche Linda, Saunders Kathleen, Dublin Sascha, Thielke Stephen, Merrill Joseph O., Shortreed Susan M., Campbell Cynthia, and Von Korff Michael R.. Journal of Women’s Health. August 2015, 24(8): 629-635. doi:10.1089/jwh.2015.5222. ABSTRACT Background: The use of chronic opioid […]
addiction, Dependence, Long Term Opioid Use, Opioid, pain, Psychology
Smoking cannabis is more dangerous for MEN: Drug is ‘four times more likely to trigger psychosis in males than females’, experts warn An interesting article published in the Journal of Advances in Dual Diagnosis explores gender differences in the dangers of cannabis use. It turns out that male cannabis users are four times more likely to […]
Cannabis, Gender Difference, Psychology
Treatment preferences among men attending outpatient psychiatric services Authors: Sierra Hernandez CA1, Oliffe JL, Joyce AS, Söchting I, Ogrodniczuk JS. Gender differences are particularly interesting when it comes to mental health. A lot of research suggests women are more likely to suffer from psychiatric disorders than men, particularly depression, anxiety, and insomnia. Many factors, like social inequality and a […]
Depression, psychiatry, Psychology, Psychotherapy, suicide