The varying impact of type, timing and frequency of exposure to childhood adversity on its association with adult psychotic disorder.

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Treatment of suicidal people around the world

stigma was the least-often cited barrier to treatment (7%)

Results suggest that it is not only the spatial connections between neurons, but also the timescales of neural activity, that act as important mechanisms in neural systems.

Prescription drugs accounted for more than 90% of the suicide attempts.

Akiskal

"small (in comparison to human-size) and have some traits between human/animal and machine. According to Duffy, 2003 B.R. Duffy, Anthropomorphism and the social robot, Rob. Auton. Syst. 42 (2003), pp. 177–190, anthropomorphic or life-like features should be carefully designed with the aim to make the interaction with the robot more intuitive, pleasant, and easy. Second, from the case of “Mamoru”, the elderly seem to prefer a robot which looks like a familiar object in a home setting. This point corresponds to the design guidelines of robotic products proposed by Forlizzi et al. (2004). They suggest familiar product forms with augmented product functionalities will fit the system and maximize early product adoption. Further, elders seem to emphasize on the creativity in the design of robot appearance."

efficacy of social marketing campaigns

incl. fellow danah boyd