An App To Provide Information About Health Issues To Young People – Well Happy App [VIDEO]
Well Happy is a new app for iOS and Android aimed at people aged between 12 and 25 who are concerned about mental health, sexual health, and drugs, alcohol and … Continue reading
Behavioral Bias Modification Apps For Healthy Food, Anxiety & Smoking – Mental Mint
Diet Mint for iOS (iTunes) is an app that helps you to develop craving for healthy food. It combines Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques to … Continue reading
Use Facebook To Prevent Obesity?
A new study by Boston Children’s Hospital researchers suggests that Facebook interests could help predict, track and map obesity. Here is the abstract of the article: Assessing the Online Social … Continue reading
Virtual Reality Compares Favourably With Face-To-Face For Weight Loss
A study from the Department of Dietetics and Nutrition at the University of Kansas Medical Center compared weight loss and maintenance between a face-to-face weight management clinic and a clinic … Continue reading
DBT Self-help – An App To Support Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a form of psychotherapy that was originally developed by Marsha M. Linehan, a psychology researcher at the University of Washington, to treat people with borderline … Continue reading
Integrating Mobile Technology Into Standard Weight Loss Treatment – A Randomized Controlled Trial Integrating Technology Into Obesity Treatment
ABSTRACT Background A challenge in intensive obesity treatment is making care scalable. Little is known about whether the outcome of physician-directed weight loss treatment can be improved by adding mobile … Continue reading
Weight loss social support in 140 characters or less: use of an online social network in a remotely delivered weight loss intervention – Online First – Springer
ABSTRACT Little is known about how online social networking can help enhance weight loss. To examine the types of online social support utilized in a behavioral weight loss intervention and … Continue reading
Tailored Rapid Interactive Mobile Messaging (TRIMM) for Weight Management Among Underserved Adults | Journal of Mobile Technology in Medicine
Abstract Background: While obesity continues to escalate as an important clinical and public health problem, it remains a challenge for physicians to help obese patients lose weight. Most existing therapeutic options … Continue reading
15 Strategies Educators Can Use to Stop Cyberbullying : InformED
by Miriam Clifford, http://newsroom.opencolleges.edu.au The advent of technology has brought with it familiar problems in new forms. Yet cyberbullying is unique in many ways. What makes cyberbullying so different than … Continue reading
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