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Mental health
Mental health parity opens new business opportunities
Jun 27, 2014
New rules mean it will be easier for millions to get mental health treatment.
The value of negative thinking
May 26, 2014
Turns out anxiety actually has benefits in the business world.
Is too much financial news affecting your health?
Jan 16, 2014
New research finds a strong link between daily stock returns and hospital admissions.
Using virtual reality video games to treat PTSD
by
Molly Wood
Dec 5, 2013
Virtual reality simulations are being used to treat soldiers with a kind of therapy that predates the technology.
Video games and the autism spectrum
by
Molly Wood
Dec 3, 2013
Video games can help people on and off the autism spectrum interact physically and socially.
No guns or race cars or strategy in this video game.
by
Molly Wood
Dec 2, 2013
Kara Stone, an artist and video game designer, talks about her video game "Medication Meditation," which explores what it's like to have a mental illness by recreating the therapy process.
What Amanda Bynes' parents want for her
Aug 8, 2013
The 27-year-old actress has run through $1 million in recent months while acting increasingly erratically. Her parents are seeking a conservatorship to put them in charge of her finances.
For public good, not for profit.
Sequester hits Native Americans' mental health services
Jul 18, 2013
The suicide rate for Native Americans is nearly four times the national average, but many tribes' mental health services have been compromised by the sequester.
Avatar therapy aims to aid patients with schizophrenia
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Molly Wood
Jun 20, 2013
A psychiatrist in England is using digital avatars -- almost like characters in a video game -- to help people with schizophrenia put a face to the voices in their heads.
How much is the DSM-5 worth?
May 17, 2013
The diagnostic mental health bible comes out this weekend and as doctors' manuals go, it's high profile and big money.