People in healthcare, like Sorber, are especially at risk for a mental health condition called compassion fatigue where you get so overexposed and overwhelmed from others' suffering that you essentially shut down emotionally and lose, or see a reduction, in your capacity to sympathize and empathize.
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This month, Victoria became the latest Australian state to ban single-use plastics, including straws. While this is a win for the environment and marine life, it will come at a price for social inclusion.
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The hit-and-run accident was devastating. Finding a place to help her son regain his communication skills after the accident was harder still for Marsha Solis until she met Dr. Pei-Fang Hung.
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The Mountain Tremors therapeutic choir will be starting practice for the spring semester on Feb. 20. Led by Northern Arizona University’s (NAU) Speech Language and Hearing Clinic, it has been helping to address effects of neurological disorders with song.
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AI like ChatGPT can help pull information together in a neat text, and it can turn written text into a summary for readers with low literacy.
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Researchers at the UOC examine the consequences of sexist myths for the development of language, communication and the social and emotional spheres among children.
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LAWRENCE – There is no need for a speech therapist to restrict bilingual children to speaking a single language to help them overcome stuttering, according to a new paper by a University of Kansas professor.
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"We’re bringing in speech language pathologists, occupational therapists, and dentists to help put that program together. Every course is a little bit different. I think there’s value in very single part of the 6-part series."
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A multidisciplinary group at ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville, North Carolina, developed a decision guide to provide health care teams with specific guidelines for swallowing care after extubation.
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While the chatbot is knowledgeable about mental health, and may respond with empathy, it can't diagnose users with a specific mental health condition, nor can it reliably and accurately provide treatment details.
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