Anxiety is the most common mental health problem – here’s how tech could help manage it (theconversation.com)
from sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to technology@beehaw.org on 11 Jun 2025 19:49
https://lazysoci.al/post/28241586

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Steve@communick.news on 11 Jun 2025 22:58 next collapse

This kind of sounds like it should be a !nottheonion@lemmy.world headline.

Icarus@beehaw.org on 12 Jun 2025 01:19 next collapse

I haven’t read the article but tbh, the first thing that popped into my head “for only $9.99/month”. Another thing adding the litany of life’s problems caused by technology lol

[deleted] on 12 Jun 2025 05:29 next collapse

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Ledericas@lemm.ee on 12 Jun 2025 08:07 next collapse

anxiety is a symptom of many mental disorders, not a sole disease.

luciole@beehaw.org on 12 Jun 2025 12:26 next collapse

Technology induced problem solved by yet another layer of problematic tech. Capitalism, ho!

t3rmit3@beehaw.org on 12 Jun 2025 20:46 next collapse

Technology isn’t inherently bad, obviously, but in our current world it’s primarily owned, controlled, and advanced by bad groups and people (for-profit companies, governments, and the rich). Until we actually extricate ourselves from this situation, we should be very wary of looking to technology for cures to out problems.

fwygon@beehaw.org on 13 Jun 2025 01:27 next collapse

Hell. To. The. No.

This is no different than the electroshock ‘therapies’ that were pioneered from 1930 and onward through the 1990s used to treat people who were “Mentally ill”. This is based in medical quackery and this is highly problematic that it once again is being suggested.

lazynooblet@lazysoci.al on 13 Jun 2025 10:03 collapse

I note that you reported this post as “wild misinfomation”. Now I’m totally ignorant on the topic, so can you elaborate some more on how this is ECT?

On face value, the Wikipedia article you posted describes ECT’s purpose is to induce a seizure.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a psychiatric treatment that causes a generalized seizure by passing electrical current through the brain

The article mentions something much milder

by wearing a small device that applies mild electrical micro impulses

ECT sounds horrific, but without further information, the articles only similarity is “electric meets brain”, but without the seizure part.

fwygon@beehaw.org on 13 Jun 2025 01:30 collapse

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroconvulsive_therapy#H…