Category Archives: Mental Health

Some experts are warning of a looming mental health crisis in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic that we are apparently ill-prepared for, and journalists are amplifying this message. Everyone, it seems, is depressed and there is a new health curve to flatten Continue reading →

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Diabetic neuropathic pain is associated with worse mental health and sleep disorders in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to study results published in Diabetes Research & Clinical Practice. Continue reading →

A secondary health challengeis sweeping the country due to a domino effect fromthe coronavirus pandemic, anti-racism protests and a recession: increased bouts of depression and anxiety. Continue reading →

ATLANTA, June 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Usher's New Look (UNL) today announced its collaboration with Cricket Wireless to host a Disruptivate Racial Inequity & Mental Health Trauma Summit for youth on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 from 5:30 pm-6:30 pm ET. The virtual event will provide a forum for teens to discuss the effects of racism, socioeconomic inequality and the COVID-19 pandemic on their mental health and overall well-being. High on the agenda will be candid conversations about the uncertainty many young people are facing, as well as the recent events that have laid bare the chronic, racially charged violence that continues to plague the Black community in the United States Continue reading →

Graphic by Owensboro Times Daviess County Mental Health Court received an additional $77,000 from the Kentucky Department of Corrections to fund a second year for the newly established courts system branch. Due to COVID-19 and uncertainty surrounding the DOCs budget, Mental Health Courts allocated funding was unchanged from last year. Mental Health Court is designed to assist those with genuine mental health issues rather than continue putting them in jail. Continue reading →

Guest columnist Dr. Brad Lucas, MD, is a board-certified OB/GYN who is committed to bringing the strengths of payers and providers together to deliver efficient and effective health care. Continue reading →

A food delivery driver, a personal shopper and a restaurant owner share the trials and tribulations they've faced since start of the pandemic. USA TODAY The science is screaming: Americans are in turmoil. More than 80% of U.S Continue reading →

The inability to attend school is one of the reasons behind the large rise in anxiety among BAME children under 18. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian Children of black, Asian and ethnic minority heritage are suffering much worse damage to their mental health as a result of the pandemic than their white peers, research has found. The higher risk of BAME people dying from Covid-19 and inability to attend school over the last three months are behind large rises in anxiety and self-harm among non-white under-18s, experts say Continue reading →

A nurse checks-in via phone with a patient self-quarantined at home. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) UW psychologist Jonathan Kanter is studying how the stay-at-home order during coronavirus has been impacting peoples mental health, using surveys for people to rate how theyre feeling Continue reading →