Category Archives: Mental Health

Zachary Oren Smith, Iowa City Press-Citizen Published 3:39 p.m. CT April 17, 2020 The new, east side University of Iowa Counseling Service location aims to make it easier for students to access mental health services.(Photo: Holly Hines / Iowa City Press-Citizen) As our state and nation continue to suffer from the deadly COVID-19 pandemic on various fronts, many Iowans will face inevitable adverse effects to their mental health. The regrettable decisions by past Iowa governors and legislators to close several mental health centers across the state are contributing to the current mental health crisis. Continue reading →

There was an afternoon in early March when I couldnt stop thinking about the first line of Philip Roths novel The Plot Against America: Fear presides over these memories, a perpetual fear. As I scoured the Inwood and Washington Heights neighborhoods for hand sanitizerwhich I eventually found, thanks to a tip from my sister-in-law, at a local smoke shopI imagined Roths words as a magical lifeline to a safe future, from which I could calmly gaze back at this desperate time. Our city was not, like that of Roths narrator, under threat from an authoritarian Presidentnot exactly, anywaybut, as the coronavirus descended, the anxiety was palpable Continue reading →

After the NCAA womens basketball season was canceled, along with all other winter and spring college sports, Carmen Tebbe Priebe headed to Carver-Hawkeye Arena anyway. Shes a sports psychologist who works with the University of Iowa athletic department, and there she found gobsmacked players and coaches eating lunch, their final meal as a team. Tebbe Priebe scanned their faces and began bracing not only for intense emotions, but for wide-ranging variability on how the news was being digested Continue reading →

NAPL;ES As more people are affected by COVID-19, the need for mental health services is at its highest. A Collier County center said theyve seen an increase in people dealing with substance abuse as well as mental health issues. Continue reading →

Experiencing intense flashbacks, nightmares, irritability, anger, and fear? In the face of a traumatic event like the Covid-19 pandemic, it's common to feel this way. While many people associate post-traumatic stress disorder with something like war, it's achronic psychiatric disorder that can occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event, such as a serious accident, terrorist attack or a physical assault Continue reading →

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) With kids out of school for the remainder of the year, local mental health agencies say that is going to put more pressure on the need for their services. Continue reading →

MAINE, USA We have learned that COVID-19 can affect each person differently. Yet, it does not discriminate against any individual on this planet. Paula Urback, a psychiatric nurse practitioner, based out of Portland, Maine says, Don't be afraid of getting sick Continue reading →

TOLEDO, Ohio Weeks of staying at home; it's starting to take it's toll on people. Local experts are helping us with tips to get through. "It's OK to not be OK Continue reading →

Ryan Schwartz started Mental Health Match last May to connect those in need with therapists. Now with COVID-19 weighing on peoples minds, Schwartz is trying to give away 100 free first sessions. He said as the pandemic started to get serious, people were clambering to find some help, but many lacked direction. Continue reading →

Michael Genovese, Guest columnist Published 7:00 a.m. Continue reading →