Isobel Butorac
@IsobelButorac
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MSc of Bioethics & PhD candidate (Clinical Psychology) interested in surveillance medicine and the ethics of neuroscience and digital mental health
Joined March 2019
Very excited to be presenting my PhD research with @NeuroeticaMex and @NeuroeticaBA groups this Friday 🇲🇽🇦🇷 a wonderful chance to share ideas about how we can include diverse populations in the design of digital mental health tools and technology 🧠🧑💻
Las tecnologías #digitales desempeñan un papel cada vez más importante en la #saludmental, ofreciendo herramientas para prevenir, diagnósticar, tratar y seguir diversas condiciones. Que desafios plantean? Este es el tema que @IsobelButorac abordara el viernes. Los esperamos!
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Australian neuroethics PhDs from @MonashUni @IsobelButorac and @NathanLHiggins travelled to last week's @neuroethicsinfo Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD, USA. Both won awards for their presentations - well done Isobel and Nathan 👏 #Neuroethics2024
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Very humbled to win a prize for best poster at the International Neuroethics Society’s Annual Meeting last week in Baltimore 🤓 #INS2024 #neuroethics24
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Worth the trek across the world to make it over to Balitmore for the International Neuroethics Society Annual Meeting #INS2024 #neuroethics2024🌍
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Officially out: "The Routledge Handbook of the #Ethics of Human #Enhancement" I coedited with @fjotterand. Human beings are co-evolving with technology. This book seeks to make sense of this co-evolution & explore its moral boundaries. @routledgebooks
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Danish classrooms are using "data-driven well-being audits" in their classrooms to check in on their students' moods and sleep hygiene––and it's proving to be a powerful tool in the teacher's toolbox. An interesting application of the quantified self:
technologyreview.com
Companies say the software can help improve well-being, but some experts worry it could have the opposite effect.
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A timely & useful output from @ActionLabMonash's @DrAlexWaddell on the state of evidence for different workplace mental well-being interventions (in different sectors). Thanks @BehaviourWorksA for leading this! Check out the living evidence map too:
Workplace mental health is crucial for worker well-being, satisfaction & performance, but it's tough for decision makers to navigate complexity of what works. Read overview of review-level evidence identifying strong evidence-based intervention areas https://t.co/eGnZR5qASE
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Plato's liberated cave dweller, neurotech & employers--so many #ethical themes here.@domsisti @anna_wexler @pennprof
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Severance, a popular Emmy Award-winning show streaming on Apple TV+, is a rich cultural artifact. It concerns a team of office workers at a morally questionable company that performs brain surgery on...
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New @TIME piece covers the current crisis with online #mentalhealth prescriptions with in depth reporting by @Jamie_Ducharme and numerous interviews with folks like @Sam_L_Connolly, me, and more! A must read: https://t.co/ti3tr3Sbx8
time.com
Telehealth startups promised to revolutionize mental health care. The reality has been messier
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Such a delight to have the opportunity to MC the #LGBTQIA+ #MentalHealth Forum for #MHFA today. A much needed conversation to shine a light on the need for increased #funding, #culturallysafe and #peerled spaces for LGBTQIA+ folks
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The Lancet Commission on Ending Stigma and Discrimination in Mental Health “Recent estimates suggest one in eight people, nearly one billion people globally, are living with a mental health condition”.
kcl.ac.uk
Experts call for radical global action to end stigma and discrimination against people with mental health conditions, as this is often ‘worse than the condition itself’. The new Lancet Commission on...
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This is a must read! And MIND is a great tool out there! Really happy to see this! @neuroethics2day @neuroethicsinfo How to choose a mental health app that can actually help – https://t.co/emJEEDQXcq via @psyche_the_mag
psyche.co
Of the thousands of apps, many are poor quality – but there are a few gems you can trust. Follow these steps to find them
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Amazing work by @ActionLabMonash @MonashInfotech researchers and @Monash_Arts translation studies students, who have worked with @ifrc to design, implement & deliver Limitless – a @WHO funded programme fostering youth innovation around addressing COVID-19
monash.edu
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Curious who all is concerned by the growing use of predictive analytics in mental health services, particularly in the context of risk assessment & triage? (Genuine question.)
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I have no future here yet. Australia needs to give permanent protection to refugees suffering in detention and community. End the torture. #GameOver
https://t.co/m4nPufXKIh
smh.com.au
More than 11,000 refugees and asylum seekers who arrived by boat now live in the community on temporary visas, unable to properly plan their lives in Australia.
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In new AJOB Neuroscience article by @anna_wexler & @SpeckerLaura, they reflect back on the last 15 years of neuroethics & look at its future, outlining ways the field can be shaped into one "that is integrated, inclusive, and impactful." @bioethics_net
https://t.co/YmJ6VHN9WL
tandfonline.com
As early-career neuroethicists, we come to the field of neuroethics at a unique moment: we are well-situated to consider nearly two decades of neuroethics scholarship and identify challenges that h...
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"I did not do it, my imaginary friend did!" Checkmate!
appleinsider.com
Facebook this week announced that it will no longer deploy facial recognition technologies on its platform, but the social network's parent company, Meta, said that the commitment does not apply to...
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Happy to be part of this interesting article on the debate around #Instagram for #Kids by @JamesRied9 in @TheNewDailyAu along with the awesome @tamaleaver! @MonashCCS @Monash_FMNHS @MonashUni @AlfredHealth @Alfred_RA_EMCR @Bfoundation @ANZAED1 👉
thenewdaily.com.au
Facebook has halted work for an app for children, Instagram Kids, after revelations the social media site was harmful to teens' mental health.
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Register now for the online 2021 INS Annual Meeting on November 4-5. Our theme, 'Social Justice at the Center: Shaping the Future of #Neuroethics,' is at the heart of this year's programming feat. expert panels, workshops, networking, mentorship + more. https://t.co/WHAm3x2DwT
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Excited to see our @ChrisAicardi @FilippaLentzos paper on the multifaced uses of #novel #neurotechnology is out now! Exploring expert opinions on the different applications of #neurotech and the importance of #RRI in the era of Elon Musk's #Neuralink! https://t.co/LN06ap39lK
liebertpub.com
In this article, we report on a pilot study examining perceptions of dual use among neurotechnologists and neuroethicists. We carried out 10 semistructured interviews with participants from establi...
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