Assistant Prof. of Cognitive Science in the Dept. of #Bioethics and #DecisionScience(s) at #Geisinger College of #Health Sciences. I use #science and #technology to understand (and improve) #decisionMaking and #wellbeing. I use this site mostly for work (#CogSci, #Psychology, #Rationality, #SciComm, and #rStats). I may ignore, unfollow, or even block other stuff. Profile picture: not #NeilPatrickHarris, but I'm told almost daily that I look like him.
Nick Byrd, Ph.D.
@ByrdNick@nerdculture.de
nerdculture.de
Do people realize the latest evidence still suggests #exercise is about as effective as #psychotherapy and #antidepressants for treating #depression (and may result in fewer adverse events)?
Recent review:: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD004366.pub7
Summary: https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/evidence-based-living/202601/exercise-works-as-well-as-medication-and-therapy-for-depression
#MentalHealth
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai
#law, #climate, #science, #geopolitics, #politics, #democracy, cool stuff &… #BabySquirrel Recovering lawyer. Spending less time on world news since US voters re-elected a rapist/convicted felon, who tried to end democracy, but who Americans decided to give a mulligan, cuz democracy shlemocracy right? Occasionally I’ll come across something that I feel compelled to share, but… …these days… I've stopped my dreaming …these days I sit on corner stones & count the time in quarter tones to ten
masto.ai
🚨🚨🚨 RFKJr’s “health” officials explored US #ban of some widely-used #antidepressants🚨🚨🚨
#US #health dept ofcls last week explored whether they could ban certain drugs in a widely prescribed class of #antidepressants as #HHS Secy #RFKJr prepared to roll out a plan to reduce their use….
Their interest centered on…selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or #SSRIs, such as #Zoloft, #Prozac & #Lexapro, which have been available in the US for decades….
#MentalHealth
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/kennedys-health-officials-explored-us-ban-some-widely-used-antidepressants-2026-05-08/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
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