Sometimes, patients with serious mental illness, just as with other serious medical illnesses, require hospitalization. In the absence of available public or private hospital beds, there are few options. - Thomas R. Insel 1 Share Now -
From wearable sensors to video game treatments, everyone seems to be looking to technology as the next wave of innovation for mental health care. - Thomas R. Insel 2 Share Now -
My philosophy is really based on humility. I don't think we know enough to fix either diagnostics or therapeutics. The future of psychiatry is clinical neuroscience, based on a much deeper understanding of the brain. - Thomas R. Insel 3 Share Now -
From wearable sensors to video game treatments, everyone seems to be looking to technology as the next wave of innovation for mental health care. - Thomas R. Insel 4 Share Now -
Nearly every business collects metrics on inventory, sales, and workplace process. Health care has been slow to measure these kinds of outcomes. Increasingly, general medicine, via either managed care or large practice settings, is improving by collecting data through electronic records and refining practice based on what works. - Thomas R. Insel 5 Share Now -
What causes autism? As far as we know in 2013, there is no single gene or single environmental factor that accounts for the more than 1 million Americans with ASDs. - Thomas R. Insel 6 Share Now -
With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, more people will have insurance coverage and, in principle, be eligible for more care. - Thomas R. Insel 7 Share Now -
