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Dreaming with Purpose: How the Mind’s Hidden GPS Can Guide Us Toward Personal and Societal Healing

Mad in America

Our society’s current neglect of dreams stems from a confluence of cultural, technological, and psychological factors; in an age dominated by productivity and digital saturation, dreamssubjective, ephemeral, and intangiblestruggle to compete with the immediacy of waking life. Technology further distracts from inner experiences.

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The Future of Mental Wellness: Technology and Self-Reflection

Child Mind Intitute

At the Child Mind Institute, were committed to exploring how technology can support mental well-being, especially for teens. We believe that everyone can benefit from tools that promote self-reflection and emotional growth and that these tools can serve both as standalone resources and complements to professional mental health care.

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The Core Error of Psychiatrists and Psychologists: Certainty about “Consensus Reality”

Mad in America

They recognized that uncovering the root of our dehumanizing society meant going beyond conventional left or right political critiques to more profound cultural reasons, which include a societal embrace of unlimited economic growth, the worship of technology and speed, a departure from human scale, and the increasing institutionalization of society.

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Intellectual Developmental Disorder and Mental Health

Child Mind Intitute

These experiences can lead to loneliness, isolation, and low self-esteem. developed by the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia) is designed for kids with intellectual disability who have mood and anxiety disorders. They also have challenges with what are called adaptive skills, which are skills used in everyday living.

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The Psychiatric Peddlers in Your Schools

Mad in America

Why, she can send an email home to John boy’s parents—make them aware of his deficits. And Miss Brown will not be made aware of this until the day of. He rattles on about statistics, techniques, “behavioral interventions” and other technologies that show “statistically significant” effects in modifying student and adolescent behavior.

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Unlocking Your Inner World: How Mirror Uses AI to Help Teens Understand Their Emotions

Child Mind Intitute

Self-reflection taking a step back to examine your inner world is a powerful tool for navigating these challenges. Mirror uses the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to help you gain deeper insights into your emotional landscape, making the journey of self-discovery and self-reflection a little less daunting.

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Reflect Like An Olympian: Manage Stress, Gain Perspective and Find Balance! 

Child Mind Intitute

The goal is to help teens process emotions and build self-awareness through mood tracking, guided prompts, and private self-expression. You can find links to these posts and read more about Mirrors benefits and features under Science and Applied Digital Technologies on the Child Mind Institute website.