Pandemic's Emotional Hammer Hits Hard
4 years, 3 months ago

Pandemic's Emotional Hammer Hits Hard

NPR  

Pandemic's Emotional Hammer Hits Hard Enlarge this image toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images Spencer Platt/Getty Images Nearly a quarter of people in the United States are experiencing symptoms of depression, according to a study published Wednesday. Sponsor Message But the mental health toll of the coronavirus pandemic seems to be far greater than previous mass traumas, says Catherine Ettman, a doctoral student in public health at Brown University and an author of the study, which was published in the current issue of the American Medical Association journal JAMA Network Open. "People with lower income were twice as likely to have depression," Ettman says, "and among people within the same income group, who had less in savings were 1.5 times more likely to have depression." "Poorer mental health is at the heart of poor health," Galea says.

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Are people more afraid of illness these days?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Are people more afraid of illness these days?

Salon  

When COVID-19 began to spread around the world, municipalities did all they could to stop the spread of the deadly virus, shutting down businesses, cancelling events, and telling everyone to stay home except for necessities. Related Mpox outbreak shines light on global health disparities “There was a surge in respiratory viruses in children, with RSV and influenza, as well as …

No evidence of mental health ‘tsunami’ during COVID-19 pandemic: study
1 year, 9 months ago

No evidence of mental health ‘tsunami’ during COVID-19 pandemic: study

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 21, 2023 14:29 IST - 4 MINS READ The COVID-19 pandemic may not have been as damaging to people’s mental health as once thought, a new study has indicated. Overall, the pandemic caused minimal changes in depression, anxiety, and mental health symptoms among the general population compared to times before the pandemic. Same s*** different year Brett …

The pandemic took a harsh toll on teen girls’ mental health, CDC says
1 year, 10 months ago

The pandemic took a harsh toll on teen girls’ mental health, CDC says

LA Times  

Players on the Stanford women’s soccer team wear warmup jerseys with “Mental Health Matters” on their backs and a butterfly patch on their sleeves to remember late goalie Katie Meyer, who died by suicide earlier in the year. The pandemic took a harsh toll on U.S. teen girls’ mental health, with almost 60% reporting feelings of persistent sadness or hopelessness, …

Anxiety, depression more likely in first wave COVID-19 patients: Study
2 years ago

Anxiety, depression more likely in first wave COVID-19 patients: Study

Hindustan Times  

When compared to people who avoided COVID-19 in the same time period, individuals who reported having COVID in early 2020 were also 1.67 times more likely to have clinically significant levels of anxiety after 13 months. Anxiety, depression more likely in first wave COVID-19 patients: Study More than 3,000 UK individuals, representing a cross-section of the general public, were polled …

1 in 8 adult experienced depression for first time during pandemic: Research
2 years ago

1 in 8 adult experienced depression for first time during pandemic: Research

Hindustan Times  

One in eight older persons in Canada, according to recent large-scale research that included more than 20,000, experienced their first episode of depression during the epidemic. 1 in 8 adult experienced depression for first time during pandemic: Research The analysis of responses from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, which gathered information from participants for an average of seven years, …

What moves us ‘closer to the unfortunate finish line of getting long Covid’
2 years, 3 months ago

What moves us ‘closer to the unfortunate finish line of getting long Covid’

CNN  

CNN — You may have up to a 50% higher risk of developing long Covid-19 if you suffer from common psychiatric issues such as anxiety or depression, a recent study found. “We found participants with two or more types of psychological distress before infection had a 50% higher risk of getting long Covid,” said study coauthor Dr. Siwen Wang, a …

How to cope with mental health issues triggered by Covid
2 years, 5 months ago

How to cope with mental health issues triggered by Covid

India Today  

The pandemic has triggered a mental health tsunami worldwide. Initially, this caused a sense of panic, which stoked a strong sense of uncertainty and affected our mental well-being.” Medical experts confirm receiving more patients with complaints of anxiety, mood swings, panic attacks, fear, sleep disturbance, constant worry and recurring fears of either contracting Covid-19 or losing their loved ones. Its …

As US reaches one million COVID deaths, how are Americans coping?
2 years, 7 months ago

As US reaches one million COVID deaths, how are Americans coping?

Al Jazeera  

The torrent of coronavirus deaths, along with prolonged social isolation and financial hardship, have traumatised many. “Seeing that blow-by-blow of continuous death every single day would debilitate anyone,” Marlow told Al Jazeera. They’d be better off without me.” And she is far from alone: the collective stress, grief and trauma of the pandemic has had an undeniable effect on mental …

Pandemic increased anxiety, depression by a quarter: A'dam researchers
2 years, 8 months ago

Pandemic increased anxiety, depression by a quarter: A'dam researchers

NL Times  

Psychological complaints like anxiety and depression increased by a quarter worldwide in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, according to researchers from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and the World Health Organization. The researchers call the information now known about the coronavirus' impact on mental health "just the tip of the iceberg." "This is a wake-up call for all …

Two years of Covid: Stress, domestic violence and depression also saw multiple waves
2 years, 9 months ago

Two years of Covid: Stress, domestic violence and depression also saw multiple waves

Hindustan Times  

PUNE The last two years taught that the Covid-19 pandemic was not only biological but also psycho-social. The two years of lockdown, pandemic and illnesses have also highlighted the psychological and social Impact of the virus infection and this often-neglected aspect needs to be studied thoroughly. “ The two years of the pandemic saw a diverse range of reactions which …

Covid-19 triggered 25% jump in anxiety, depression; youngsters worst hit: WHO
2 years, 9 months ago

Covid-19 triggered 25% jump in anxiety, depression; youngsters worst hit: WHO

India Today  

With the Omicron variant of coronavirus now under control and life returning to normal, a new report from the World Health Organisation paints a grim picture when it comes to mental health. The pandemic also had an impact on the availability of mental health services as the report flagged gaps in provisions to include mental health and psychosocial support in …

Your Risk Of A Mental Health Disorder Increases After COVID
2 years, 10 months ago

Your Risk Of A Mental Health Disorder Increases After COVID

Huff Post  

Jackyenjoyphotography via Getty Images New research published this week shines a light on another group of people whose mental health and well-being have been hit particularly hard over the past two years: people infected with COVID-19. “We need to acknowledge this reality and address these conditions now before they balloon into a much larger mental health crisis.” The connection between …

Covid-19 survivors have increased mental health risks up to a year later: Study
2 years, 10 months ago

Covid-19 survivors have increased mental health risks up to a year later: Study

Hindustan Times  

As the COVID-19 pandemic entered into its third year, countless people have undergone varying degrees of uncertainty, isolation and mental health challenges. Overall, the study found that people who had COVID-19 were 60 per cent more likely to suffer from mental health problems than those who were not infected, leading to increased use of prescription medication to treat such problems …

COVID-19 is changing our brains and making some of us rethink our lives, experts say
2 years, 10 months ago

COVID-19 is changing our brains and making some of us rethink our lives, experts say

ABC  

There's a collective comedown we experience at this time of year, when the festivities and holidays of Christmas, the new year and Australia Day are over. "Essentially our brains have lived through two years of extreme threat and anxiety", says Susan Rossell, a professor of cognitive neuropsychology at Melbourne's Swinburne University of Technology. "Some rites of passage like Schoolies week …

Pandemic depression persists among older adults: Study
3 years ago

Pandemic depression persists among older adults: Study

Hindustan Times  

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the mental health of older people living in the community, with those who are lonely faring far worse, according to new research from McMaster University. Pandemic depression persists among older adults: Study The study was published in the journal Nature Aging. Using data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, a …

Mental health: Biden says many Americans are feeling ‘down’ because of pandemic and urges people to seek help if they need it
3 years, 2 months ago

Mental health: Biden says many Americans are feeling ‘down’ because of pandemic and urges people to seek help if they need it

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden said Thursday a lot of Americans are feeling “down” because of the pandemic and anxious about the future – particularly heading into the holiday season – and urged those struggling with mental health issues to seek help if they need it. “How many people do you know – and maybe some in this audience – …

Has the Delta variant changed the symptoms of COVID-19?
3 years, 3 months ago

Has the Delta variant changed the symptoms of COVID-19?

Al Jazeera  

A wider range of symptoms are associated with the Delta variant. Plus, how misinformation about vaccines has divided us, new information about Long COVID in children and how to know if the pandemic has impacted your mental health. Tiredness But results from the Zoe COVID Symptom study which monitors the symptoms of millions of people who test positive for the …

Ensuring mental well-being amid Covid-19
3 years, 4 months ago

Ensuring mental well-being amid Covid-19

Hindustan Times  

The pandemic has affected almost every aspect of our lives, especially our mental health. About 2500 prescriptions every month, as opposed to 1750 prescriptions per month in the pre-pandemic era, are being given to manage symptoms like anxiety, depression, panic attacks, insomnia, and other related symptoms,” says Dr Kushal Banerjee, a senior homeopath from Dr. Kalyan Banerjee’s Clinic. Experts feel …

Doctors reveal 'staggering' mental health crisis as 'pandemic fatigue' takes toll
3 years, 4 months ago

Doctors reveal 'staggering' mental health crisis as 'pandemic fatigue' takes toll

ABC  

A surf club identity on the Gold Coast has spoken publicly about his battle with "pandemic fatigue" in a bid to help others who are suffering in silence. Key points: Gold Coast surfing identity Steve Edgar reveals his battle with "pandemic fatigue" A Brisbane GP says 50 per cent of patients have pandemic-related mental health issues The waiting time to …

How has the pandemic affected mental health?
3 years, 4 months ago

How has the pandemic affected mental health?

The Hindu  

Throughout the pandemic, some people have experienced mood swings, irritability, and other symptoms of depression. We've also found that excessive looking for news and scrolling for news on COVID was related to declines in mental health, so it really does depend on how you're using social media. If it is making it really difficult to carry out your activities, things …

From panic attacks to obsessive compulsive disorders, how COVID-19 has taken a toll on mental health
3 years, 6 months ago

From panic attacks to obsessive compulsive disorders, how COVID-19 has taken a toll on mental health

Firstpost  

In the second wave, many people have been struggling to cope with the loss of loved ones, not being able to perform their final rites, the helplessness of not finding oxygen or beds, etc At the start of the pandemic in 2020, the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, started a national helpline for COVID-related mental health issues. …

COVID19: Lockdown makes people 40% less active, tripled depression risk, says researchers
3 years, 6 months ago

COVID19: Lockdown makes people 40% less active, tripled depression risk, says researchers

India TV News  

The second wave of Coronavirus is ravaging India with many people falling prey to the infection. Now, as per a new study by German researchers, the coronavirus-induced lockdown made people 40 per cent less active, and tripled the potential risk for depression. Moderate exercise like brisk walking, running, cycling decreased by an average of 41 per cent according to self-reported …

Feeling Anxious About Returning To Post-Pandemic Society? You're Not Alone
3 years, 7 months ago

Feeling Anxious About Returning To Post-Pandemic Society? You're Not Alone

NPR  

Feeling Anxious About Returning To Post-Pandemic Society? NPR's All Things Considered heard from listeners who are grappling with these new realities, and we enlisted two experts to help answer those questions: Dr. Lucy McBride, a primary care physician, has been hearing a lot about these post-pandemic stumbling blocks from patients and Ekemini Uwan, a theologian, has written about letting go …

Amrita Tripathi and Kamna Chhibber discuss their book ‘Age of Anxiety’ in the context of COVID-19
3 years, 7 months ago

Amrita Tripathi and Kamna Chhibber discuss their book ‘Age of Anxiety’ in the context of COVID-19

The Hindu  

Trigger warning: this article contains material related to suicide and mental illness. After Young Mental Health and Real Stories of Fighting Depression, this third book is co-authored by Amrita Tripathi and clinical psychologist Kamna Chhibber. A section of the book, titled ‘COVID-19 and the age of anxiety’, addresses the challenges for those with pre-existing conditions and those who may be …

Number of adults experiencing depression more than doubles during pandemic, figures show
3 years, 7 months ago

Number of adults experiencing depression more than doubles during pandemic, figures show

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} The number of …

US suicides dropped last year, defying pandemic expectations
3 years, 8 months ago

US suicides dropped last year, defying pandemic expectations

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The number of U.S. suicides fell nearly 6% last year amid the coronavirus pandemic — the largest annual decline in at least four decades, according to preliminary government data. “There’s a heroism phase in every disaster period, where we’re banding together and expressing lots of messages of support that we’re in this together,” said Dr. Christine Moutier, …

Post-Covid PTSD: the storm after the storm
3 years, 8 months ago

Post-Covid PTSD: the storm after the storm

CNN  

CNN — At first, the thermometer read 101. “It may occur in patients who experienced a traumatic event,” Dr. Delfina Janiri,who helped a single-center study published February 2021 in the Journal of the American Medical Association Psychiatryand psychiatrist at Policlinicio Universitario Fondazione Agostino Gemelli in Italy, told CNN. But for sure the people reporting more persistent clinical symptoms are also …

How the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting mental health
3 years, 9 months ago

How the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting mental health

Al Jazeera  

The World Health Organization has warned the coronavirus pandemic could have a years-long effect on mental health. “From the very beginning of the pandemic, those of us who worked in the field knew that there … would be a mental health crisis,” Dr Steven Taylor, a professor and clinical psychologist at the University of British Columbia and author of The …

The Pandemic Has Increased Our Stress Levels, And It's Affecting Our Physical Health
3 years, 9 months ago

The Pandemic Has Increased Our Stress Levels, And It's Affecting Our Physical Health

NPR  

The Pandemic Has Increased Our Stress Levels, And It's Affecting Our Physical Health A new survey by the American Psychological Association finds that Americans have been more stressed out in the past year than in previous years, and it's also taking a toll on our physical health. A new survey by the American Psychological Association finds the stress of the …

Mental health issues among healthcare workers on the rise
3 years, 9 months ago

Mental health issues among healthcare workers on the rise

Live Mint  

"The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to provide updated prevalence estimates for depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder among health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic," say researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, U.K., who conducted a new systematic review of 65 studies from around the world, involving a total of 97,333 healthcare …

The Most Common Ways The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Affected Mental Health
3 years, 9 months ago

The Most Common Ways The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Affected Mental Health

Huff Post  

Alexandra Bowman for HuffPost Bent Not Broken is a look back on the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has disrupted our mental health, plus advice on how to manage our well-being moving forward. “Dealing with grief and loss, whether that be the loss of a loved one to COVID-19 or the loss of our expectations for …

12 People On How Their Mental Health Has Changed During The Pandemic
3 years, 9 months ago

12 People On How Their Mental Health Has Changed During The Pandemic

Huff Post  

Illustration: Alexandra Bowman for HuffPost; Photo: Getty Bent Not Broken is a look back on the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has disrupted our mental health, plus advice on how to manage our well-being moving forward. While she hopes her anxiety levels will return to baseline once people are allowed to safely engage in more activities, …

How COVID-19 Will Change Mental Health Care In The Future
3 years, 9 months ago

How COVID-19 Will Change Mental Health Care In The Future

Huff Post  

Alexandra Bowman for HuffPost Bent Not Broken is a look back on the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has disrupted our mental health, plus advice on how to manage our well-being moving forward. Alfiee Breland-Noble, a psychologist based in Washington, D.C., and founder of the mental health nonprofit the AAKOMA Project, said she believes we’ll see …

The pandemic has made music ‘sad’ again, and we’ll be better off for it
3 years, 10 months ago

The pandemic has made music ‘sad’ again, and we’ll be better off for it

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The music industry has been understandably …

It's Not Just You. A Lot Of Us Are Hitting A Pandemic Wall Right Now.
3 years, 10 months ago

It's Not Just You. A Lot Of Us Are Hitting A Pandemic Wall Right Now.

Huff Post  

Shtrunts via Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic has taken a bigger toll on our psyches in the last few weeks than it has in a while. We’ve been at this for a year now, and our fight-or-flight system ― the emotional reaction to stress that has been otherwise energizing us throughout the pandemic ― is totally overloaded. “We’re at more …

For emerging adults, pandemic serves up unique challenges
3 years, 10 months ago

For emerging adults, pandemic serves up unique challenges

Associated Press  

CONCORD, N.H. — The coronavirus pandemic has been hard on both kids and adults. “This generation is losing out on this key transition period,” says Kathryn Sabella, director of research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research. “There’s a sense of despair and hopelessness.” Emerging adulthood is a key time to explore career options, …

The pandemic will end someday. The trauma will linger
3 years, 11 months ago

The pandemic will end someday. The trauma will linger

Salon  

Ever since Pfizer and Moderna announced the development of successful COVID-19 vaccines, the end of the pandemic has been in sight. "We always look at trauma in phases, if we're looking at it intelligently anyway, because there is the moment of trauma, then there's the immediate aftermath of trauma," Dr. Lise Van Susteren, general and forensic psychiatrist in Washington, DC, …

It’s Not Just You: Everyone’s Mental Health Is Suffering
3 years, 11 months ago

It’s Not Just You: Everyone’s Mental Health Is Suffering

Wired  

This is the first sentence I’ve written this week. While there’s been ample discussion of the economic fallout from a global pandemic, the toll it takes on our collective mental health is harder to quantify. It’s almost impossible to stay at home for months on end, cancel years worth of events, and disrupt even basic routines like how we shop …

‘The pandemic took all my coping mechanisms away’: The people who started antidepressants during lockdown
3 years, 11 months ago

‘The pandemic took all my coping mechanisms away’: The people who started antidepressants during lockdown

The Independent  

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A neuroscientist explains how to vaccinate against the long-term psychological effects of COVID-19
4 years ago

A neuroscientist explains how to vaccinate against the long-term psychological effects of COVID-19

Raw Story  

America is in crisis right now. Unlike posttraumatic stress disorder which is commonly linked to one or more distinct, episodic traumatic events, COVID represents a continuous, ongoing stressor that includes at least three principal elements: fear of current and/or future viral infection, long-lasting adverse economic impacts, and disturbed daily routines and prolonged isolation. We need a national plan to deal …

Coronavirus: How can society thrive post-pandemic?
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus: How can society thrive post-pandemic?

BBC  

Coronavirus: How can society thrive post-pandemic? This implies that the pandemic will have long-lasting negative impacts on people’s mental health. But with an estimated half-million more people likely to experience mental health problems as a result of the economic impact of the pandemic, we urgently need to change the status quo and reshape society’s priorities to put wellbeing at the …

Pandemic heaps new fears and trauma on war-scarred Bosnians
4 years, 1 month ago

Pandemic heaps new fears and trauma on war-scarred Bosnians

Associated Press  

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Memories of the Bosnian War are shaping Zdenka Sutalo’s perception of the coronavirus. “The war was my most difficult experience in life,” she said after a recent therapy session that included painting pinecones and exercising in a Sarajevo park with others. “As for the pandemic, the world survived plague and cholera and those are now just water …

Covid-19 fear still pushing one in five into depression
4 years, 1 month ago

Covid-19 fear still pushing one in five into depression

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A peer review in the Indian Journal of Psychiatry says 55 per cent of people have suffered depression post-lockdown due to sudden loss of jobs, financial crisis in business and uncertainty about future. Mental health experts involved in tele-consultations say lot of young people are seeking help for depression, anxiety and anger management. Dr. Rahul Aggarwal, senior consultant general …

Coronavirus: The possible long-term mental health impacts
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus: The possible long-term mental health impacts

BBC  

Coronavirus: The possible long-term mental health impacts Covid-19 has increased anxiety for many of us, and experts warn a sizable minority could be left with mental health problems that outlast the pandemic. “Historically, the adverse mental health effects of disasters impact more people and last much longer than the health effects,” explains Joshua C Morganstein, assistant director at the Centre …

Health Workers Continued to Face PTSD Even After a Year of Earlier Pandemic Outbreaks, Finds Study
4 years, 2 months ago

Health Workers Continued to Face PTSD Even After a Year of Earlier Pandemic Outbreaks, Finds Study

News 18  

Almost a quarter of health-care workers experienced post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms during the most acute phase of the previous pandemic outbreaks — with 11.9 per cent of front-line workers experiencing symptoms almost a year on, new research has revealed. “Nurses, doctors, allied health professionals and all support staff based in hospitals where patients with Covid-19 are treated are facing considerable …

The pandemic could be causing a ‘second wave’ of mental health issues
4 years, 2 months ago

The pandemic could be causing a ‘second wave’ of mental health issues

CNN  

CNN — While the world struggles to manage the initial waves of death and disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, there is mounting evidence accumulating that “a second wave” linked to rising rates of mental health and substance use disorders could be building, according to an article published Monday in the medical journal JAMA. “A second wave of devastation is …

How coronavirus is linked to an increase in complex mental illness, including psychosis, in young adults and older people
4 years, 2 months ago

How coronavirus is linked to an increase in complex mental illness, including psychosis, in young adults and older people

ABC  

Anita Link was in hospital when the coronavirus pandemic blew up earlier this year. "It's really the older people who were more isolated who were presenting with a first episode, which was very unusual," Dr Brown says. "We have had an interesting cohort of people who've come to us for the first time during COVID," Ms Pardy says. "I can't …

Poll: Pandemic takes toll on mental health of young adults
4 years, 3 months ago

Poll: Pandemic takes toll on mental health of young adults

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The coronavirus pandemic has taken a harsh toll on the mental health of young Americans, according to a new poll that finds adults under 35 especially likely to report negative feelings or experience physical or emotional symptoms associated with stress and anxiety. One possible explanation for the age gap could be that young adults have less experience dealing …

Mental Health in the US is Suffering—Will It Go Back to Normal?
4 years, 3 months ago

Mental Health in the US is Suffering—Will It Go Back to Normal?

Wired  

After a particularly devastating transport, Rosemary, an emergency medical technician who works in the Boston area, realized that she was struggling emotionally. “That one almost broke me.” Rosemary reached out to Project Parachute, an initiative run by the online therapy platform Eleos that provides free therapy for frontline health care workers. Rosemary is just one of the many people who …

Signs of depression have tripled in the U.S. since the COVID-19 pandemic got underway
4 years, 3 months ago

Signs of depression have tripled in the U.S. since the COVID-19 pandemic got underway

LA Times  

The COVID-19 pandemic has touched pretty much every person in America — and it shows in the state of our mental health. The surveys — which were sent out between March 31 and April 13 — included a widely used mental health assessment that asked about a range of symptoms, from loss of appetite to “thoughts that you would be …

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