Call me obsessive but I notice small (sometimes exceedingly small) changes in people, places, and things. Those observations get me to thinking about why these changes were made, and especially in the case of “things” there’s usually a financial reason behind the change. Take changes in packaging, for example. I have seen firsthand the process [...] The post The Incredible Shrinking…Package Wrapper! first appeared on Connected World.| Connected World
In this article, Abu Umair documents the mental health fallout of migration, domestic violence, and urban precarity. He calls for a shift from individual diagnosis to systemic understanding — and a renewed commitment to human dignity.| Mad In South Asia
“হাল ভাঙা পাল ছেড়া বৈথা, চলেছি নিরুদ্দেশে। কি আছে শেষে, সজনী।” “With torn sails and broken oars, we set adrift into the unknown — who knows what lies at the end, my friend” (Tagore, R. (1933). “Pather sesh kothay”) How do you reach out with mental health support to a group of older adults in an old age home […]| Mad In South Asia
Recently, I came across a report that cited AI behavior that, to me, was disturbing. We’ll get to that in a moment. The AI’s behavior reminded me of an old term that hasn’t seen much usage in recent years, but I think it helps us to understand the AI’s behavior. That term is “bunker mentality.” [...] The post “Bunker Mentality” in AI: Are We There Yet? first appeared on Connected World.| Connected World
Neil Nallan shares what happens in clinical work when we rip people away from the stories of their lives, and he further challenges our complicity in making the world less safe and less equal for the most vulnerable.| Mad In South Asia
Me: “What will be the cost of this?” Them: “Around 7000 for 6 sessions.” Me: “Will get back to you.” (Knowing I will not) In the middle of writing this article, I got an offer to improve my mental health and well-being in this particular amount given above. I thought to start this article with […]| Mad In South Asia
Over the past decade, psychological terms from therapy rooms have seeped into everyday conversation through the arms of social media and pop culture. While this shift has increased awareness, it ...| Mad In South Asia
During my internship at a mental health facility, a 15-year-old boy was brought in. The first few notes on his chart were stark and unsettling. He was being referred for what was described as homicidal ideation and psychopathic tendencies. His teachers feared him, his peers avoided him, and the psychiatric team seemed already poised to […]| Mad In South Asia
This article first appeared in The Hindu and can be accessed here. It is a major crisis in public mental health ethics that psychologists align with counter therapeutic institutional policies that vio...| Mad In South Asia
“Some people with schizophrenia or other mental disorders identify with another gender. This is why it is important for transgender people to get a psychiatric evaluation before they undergo gender ...| Mad In South Asia
Live Expert Session Replay: Cognitive Dysfunction in Lupus Presented by Dr. Donald Thomas | Aired May 17, 2025📍 Watch the full session below | 💬 Questions? Email info@lupusla.org https://youtu.be/1Xu1llQW4R8 Understanding “Lupus Fog”: Cognitive Dysfunction in Lupus Cognitive dysfunction - often referred to as “lupus fog” - is one of the most common and misunderstood symptoms| LUPUS LA -
“I used to study and play around. There were so many trees around our house. Mango tree, guava tree. I used to sit under those trees and study. I would play around so much when my parents were there...| Mad In South Asia
In this article, I want to share with you what the process of tapering and healing from psychiatric medications looks like—from the perspective of someone who has taken them, withdrawn from them, an...| Mad In South Asia
Reflections on Health Policy from the 8th International SDT Conference BY ARLEN MOLLER, BEN RIGBY, & EMILY OLIVER | DEC 07, 20231Illinois Institute of Technology; 2Newcastle University; 3Durham University On May 31st 2023, we hosted a participatory workshop titled “SDT & Health Policy,” at the 8th International Self-Determination Theory (SDT) Conference in Orlando, Florida (1)....| Page Array – selfdeterminationtheory.org
June 28, 2021 / Adam Neufeld, MD MSc In this article from the Canadian Family Physician (CFP), SDT International Scholar, Adam Neufeld, writes about the psychological impacts of virtual healthcare due to the global pandemic. Meeting medical needs is a hot topic in virtual care. Equally important but less discussed, however, are basic psychological needs....| Page Array – selfdeterminationtheory.org
This piece was first published in Spanish on Mad in Puerto Rico. We live in a culture of silence, and this is something that affects many of us from childhood. The struggle to end this silence belongs...| Mad In South Asia
This webinar was recorded in Spanish by our experts in LATAM. To add your preferred language as subtitles, click “CC” on the video playback window to enable close captioning. Once close captioning is enabled, click the “Settings” cogwheel. In Settings, select “Substitles/CC”, then select “Auto-Translate”. In Auto-Translate, scroll and select the preferred language.| Kerry Health And Nutrition Institute
Last year I attended a prestigious international psychiatric conference at PGI Chandigarh, India, a medical school of considerable reputation in South Asia. The theme of the conference was public ment...| Mad In South Asia
Whether it be for appointments, exercise or meeting friends or family, we frequently find ourselves living through our calendars. In our contemporary world, the clock governs all temporal phenomena, t...| Mad In South Asia
In this article we explore what technologies a modern bank absolutely can not do without, and what exactly is slowing their introduction. The post Video analytics for banks: earn while saving appeared first on NtechLab.| | NtechLab
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the global Healthcare Market size exceeded $4.2 billion in 2020 and is expected to grow by 33.7% CAGR between 2021 and 2027, reaching $34.5 billion by the end of the period. According to Gartner's Hype Cycle for Healthcare Providers, the technology is at the peak of inflationary expectations. The post AI-Powered Medical Imaging Solutions for Advanced Healthcare appeared first on NtechLab.| | NtechLab
From harmful substances and chronic occupational diseases to injuries and even fatalities, a manufacturing plant is, no doubt, one of the most dangerous areas for its employees’ health and wellbeing. According to the ILO’s estimations, 2.3 million women and men around the world succumb to work-related accidents or diseases every year; this corresponds to over 6000 deaths every single day. Worldwide, there are around 340 million occupational accidents and 160 million victims of work-relate...| | NtechLab
Where do you start when implementing a facial recognition project and how do you calculate the TCO? The answers to these and many other questions can be found in our article.| NtechLab
