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The decision to donate to a charity is often driven by emotion rather than by calculated assessments based on how to make the biggest impact. In a review article published on April 29 in the journal
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, researchers look at what they call the psychology of (in)effective altruism and how people can be encouraged to direct their charitable contributions in ways that allow them to get more bang for the buck and help them to have a larger influence. In the past, most behavioral science research that s looked at charitable giving has focused on quantity and how people might be motivated to give more money to charity, or to give at all, says first author Lucius Caviola (@LuciusCaviola), a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. Our paper focuses on the effectiveness of giving how people decide which charity to give to and ways that people can be motivated to give to charities that are more effective.
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BOSTON - There are several effective interventions to reduce the risk of suicide, the tenth-leading cause of death in the United States, but difficulties in identifying people at risk for suicide and concerns about the potentially high costs of suicide-prevention strategies have hampered their wider use.
But as researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) demonstrate, statistical suicide risk prevention models could be implemented cost-effectively in U.S. health care systems and might help save many lives each year.
By evaluating data on the incidence of suicide and suicide attempts, the costs to society and the health care system of suicide, and the cost and effectiveness of suicide risk-reduction interventions, Eric L. Ross, MD, a resident in the Department of Psychiatry at MGH and colleagues found that several existing suicide risk prediction models are sufficiently accurate at identifying at-risk individuals to allow cost-effective implementation in clinical p
NEW YORK – The “Matter of Fact Listening Tour,” hosted by
Soledad O’Brien, continues its exploration of difficult issues surrounding race and equity in a new digital presentation, “To Be An American: Identity, Race And Justice.” The special will stream beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, March 18, on matteroffact.tv and Hearst consumer media digital platforms reaching millions of consumers.
The 90-minute production, featuring a wide array of thought leaders from across the nation, is a special project from
Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien, the nation’s most-watched syndicated public affairs program, produced by Hearst Television. The “Matter of Fact Listening Tour” will continue throughout 2021 with a series of forums employing the digital platforms of many of Hearst’s consumer media brands, including 33 television stations; newspapers around the country; and many of the world’s most popular magazines and on
“Matter of Fact Listening Tour,” hosted by Soledad O’Brien, continues its exploration of difficult issues surrounding race and equity in a new digital presentation, “To Be An American: Identity, Race And Justice.” The special will stream beginning at
7 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, March 18, on
Hearst consumer media digital platforms reaching millions of consumers.
The 90-minute production, featuring a wide array of thought leaders from across the nation, is a special project from
Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien, the nation’s most-watched syndicated public affairs program, produced by Hearst Television. The “Matter of Fact Listening Tour” will continue throughout 2021 with a series of forums employing the digital platforms of many of Hearst’s consumer media brands, including 33 television stations; newspapers around the country; and many of the world’s most popular magazines