Tech is supporting children’s wellbeing

Share me on…Tech is supporting children’s wellbeing If there’s one thing we’ve learnt in the pandemic, it’s that technology has the power to connect, support and improve people’s lives when they’re at their lowest ebb. Face-to-face mental health services came to a standstill last year, at a time when the world, particularly children and young …
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Does Depression Change Your Vision?

Share me on…Does Depression Change Your Vision? Depressed people view the world differently—literally. Specifically, some research has found visual processing in depressed individuals to be abnormal. It is not clear if these visual abnormalities are related to retinal processing (i.e. how the eyes take in visual information) or cortical processing (i.e. how the brain interprets …
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Why Women Experience Addiction Differently

Share me on…Why Women Experience Addiction Differently When it comes to addiction, gender matters. Women often get addicted for different reasons than men, they go into treatment for different reasons, and they get and stay sober for different reasons. The good news about all that is that the addiction treatment women receive is evolving to …
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