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Metrix on the Mind
Insights from the experts on behavioral health.
August 14, 2024
The Future of Mental Health Care: MindMetrix Unveils Comprehensive Assessment Tool for Providers
In a groundbreaking move to advance mental health care, MindMetrix has announced the launch of a comprehensive mental health assessment tool designed for providers ...
August 06, 2024
Assessing What Can’t Be Seen: Why Brain Scans Aren’t the Key to ADHD
The mechanism of action and individualized nature of ADHD makes providing accurate diagnoses that much more involved. Simply diagnosing ADHD with a brain scan alone is not a viable option ...
July 24, 2024
What is Binge Eating Disorder?
Discussion of eating disorders often center around people whose disordered eating causes them to lose unhealthy quantities of weight or puts them in danger of malnourishment. However, about 5% of people with an eating disorder suffer from binge eating disorder ...
July 17, 2024
Bringing Light to Darkness: Assessing Suicide Risk with MindMetrix and the Columbia Suicide Rating Scale
Suicide is a deeply sensitive topic, yet one that demands great attention and care. In the United States, it remains a significant public health concern, with rates showing alarming trends over recent years ...
June 20, 2024
Nurturing Mental Well-Being: A Focus on Men's Mental Health in June
June marks Men's Mental Health Awareness Month, a crucial period dedicated to illuminating the often overlooked and stigmatized issues surrounding men's mental well-being ...
June 05, 2024
Psychiatric Medication: Is It Right For You?
We are all living through challenging and unprecedented times, and rates of depression and anxiety are at an all-time high. Thankfully, in the era of telehealth, access to ...
May 24, 2024
Mental Health Rights
There's no denying that people with mental health challenges can frequently make poor decisions. However, so does everyone else. One of the basic rights we all have is the right to make mistakes, and people struggling with mental illness ...
May 21, 2024
The Connection Between ADHD & Opioid Addiction
The U.S. is in the midst of an opioid addiction crisis that the CDC and other public health organizations have deemed an epidemic. Between 1999-2015, more than 180,000 people ...
May 14, 2024
Women and Mental Health
One in three Americans struggles with a mental illness, but the rate is much higher in women. Why is that? Researchers suggest that women are about 40% more likely ...
May 07, 2024
Pregnancy and Mental Health
Between 11%-20% of women develop postpartum depression after giving birth, and 20% suffer from mental health disorders during their pregnancy. Moreover, as many as 80% of women also ...
May 01, 2024
MindMetrix Makes Mental Health Assessment Easy, Personal, and Confidential
We are excited to announce the launch of MindMetrix, a comprehensive mental health screening and assessment tool that can support mental health consumers in identifying possible explanations for their symptoms ...
April 29, 2024
Unhealthy Relationship Patterns
Marriage researcher John Gottman believes we can predict divorce by identifying the presence of four devastating relationship behaviors. Harmful patterns of abusive, criticism, contempt, or stonewalling can threaten a relationship ...