The Negative Side Effects of Freemium Mental Health Apps

Today you’ll learn about a potential new treatment for those suffering from brain fog after Covid, how freemium models of mental health apps might cause you to be more stressed out, and how developments in creating a vaccine for fungal infections might make them a thing of the past! 

Covid Brain Fog

• “Potential New Treatment for “Brain Fog” in Long COVID Patients” by Isabella Backman
  • https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/potential-new-treatment-for-brain-fog-in-long-covid-patients/
• “Clinical experience with the α2A-adrenoceptor agonist, guanfacine, and N-acetylcysteine for the treatment of cognitive deficits in “Long-COVID19”” by Arman Fesharaki-Zadeh et al.
  • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667257X22001000

Freemium Failure 

• “"Money Doesn't Buy You Happiness": Negative Consequences of Using the Freemium Model for Mental Health Apps” by Tessa Eagle et al.
  • https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3555155
• “What Is Fleeceware & How to Prevent Fleeceware Scams in 2022” by Ben Martens
  • https://www.safetydetectives.com/blog/what-is-fleeceware/#:~:text=Because%20fleeceware%20isn't%20technically,(often%20under%20a%20week).
• “Should you agree to Apple’s terms and conditions?” by Karen Haslam
  • https://www.macworld.com/article/672571/should-you-agree-to-apples-terms-and-conditions.html

Fungal Vaccine 

• “New vaccine targets life-threatening fungal infections” by Leigh Beeson
  • https://news.uga.edu/new-vaccine-targets-fungal-infections/?utm_medium=social&utm_content=text_link&utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=news_release
• “Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of a pan-fungal vaccine in preclinical models of aspergillosis, candidiasis, and pneumocystosis” by Emily Rayens et al.
  • https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/1/5/pgac248/6798391?login=false
• “Fungal infections cost U.S. $6.7B in a year” by Leigh Beeson
  • https://news.uga.edu/fungal-infections-cost-us-6b-a-year/

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