303 Creative, Transgender Rights, and the Ongoing Culture Wars
Courts must investigate alleged government justifications to avoid rubber-stamping restrictions that do nothing but harm.
Mental Health
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Read more: Highlights from Petrie-Flom Center Discussion on Neuroscience and Cannabis Highlights from Petrie-Flom Center Discussion on Neuroscience and Cannabis
The legalization of cannabis has raised ethical, regulatory, and scientific questions, which panelists discussed at a Petrie-Flom Center webinar.
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Read more: Psychiatric Care in Crisis Psychiatric Care in Crisis
The Emergency Department acts as a safety-net for a failing health system, one that places little value on mental health services.
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Read more: Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health: Strategies for avoiding potential data harms Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health: Strategies for avoiding potential data harms
Event Description Applications of algorithmic and data-driven technologies in mental health care settings are rapidly expanding. While well-designed digital technologies may be used to promote effective mental health and crisis support, they raise thorny ethical issues. Moreover, the potential for a range of “data harms” is enormous, including algorithmic hiring programs that discriminate against people with histories of mental health treatment,…
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Read more: Losing Control of Controlled Substances? The Case of Telehealth Prescriptions Losing Control of Controlled Substances? The Case of Telehealth Prescriptions
In May 2022, the Department of Justice began investigating Cerebral for “possible violations” of the Controlled Substances Act.
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Read more: How New Anxiety Screening Guidelines Can Reduce Inequities in Mental Health Care for Black Women How New Anxiety Screening Guidelines Can Reduce Inequities in Mental Health Care for Black Women
Screening all adults for anxiety and all Black women for depression could facilitate access to care and counter stigma.
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Read more: Neurorehabilitation and Recovery: Going Through Hell Neurorehabilitation and Recovery: Going Through Hell
Rehab and recovery should be about encouraging the patient to be strong, confident, stubborn, and to keep using her brain.
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Read more: The Filter Effect: What Does Comparing Our Bodies on Social Media Do to Our Health? The Filter Effect: What Does Comparing Our Bodies on Social Media Do to Our Health?
Users of social media should be aware of the negative health effects of internalized beauty standards.
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Read more: The Struggle to Survive in the Pandemic Prison The Struggle to Survive in the Pandemic Prison
The mental health strain of increased isolation, only sporadic access to showers, and a lack of programming pushed many over the edge.
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Read more: COVID-19 as Disability Interest Convergence? COVID-19 as Disability Interest Convergence?
During the pandemic, disability rights have been negotiable and vulnerable to sacrifice in service of the needs of able-bodied, neurotypical people.
