Stacey Farris uses many coping mechanisms to combat anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a life and mental health counselor, LMHC, in Cuba, Farrissaid it is important to use self-care so that she can help others do the same. Farris listed many coping skills that she uses daily: meditation, journaling, finding new hobbies and exercising Continue reading →

By Melanie Rodriguez May 16, 2020 There has been an overwhelming amount of media regarding COVID-19. People are panicking about what our future will hold. Having to experience this daily can create a significant amount of anxieties. Continue reading →

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) Many medical professionals have turned to meeting with patients via telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the national emergency proclamation, healthcare providers are able to still get fully reimbursed for those services, but one provider who is concerned about what will happen after that proclamation ends Continue reading →

"The two most replicated, robust factors linked to suicide are economic change downturn and social disconnection," says Dr. Roger McIntyre, professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto Continue reading →

Neighbors please be mindful of social distancing guidelines while you do your part to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. See the latest guidance from the CDC here Continue reading →

FORT MYERS Getting the help they need while fighting the coronavirus on the frontlines. Starting Tuesday tailored help is coming for our doctors and nurses coping with everything theyve seen and heard during the pandemic. Continue reading →

By Grace Segers Updated on: May 13, 2020 / 6:15 PM / CBS News Frustrations rise as states start to reopen The coronavirus pandemicis leaving a long and still unfinished wake of damage across the nation, with tens of thousands of dead and millions facing economic devastation. This era of unprecedented uncertainty has been exacerbated by social distancing guidelines, which may be working to prevent the spread of the virus but are also leaving many feeling alone Continue reading →

In Maos day, sufferers were accused of lacking revolutionary zeal LATE IN JANUARY Shen Yinjing, a therapist in Shanghai, volunteered to help distressed people in the coronavirus-stricken city of Wuhan by offering counselling over the phone or by text. Before long she was running an online support group for people being treated in one of Wuhans makeshift hospitals for covid-19 patients Continue reading →

The cruise ship Regal Princess docked in Rotterdam last Wednesday. On Sunday a Ukrainian woman is thought to have taken her own life by jumping overboard, Photograph: Robin Utrecht/Rex/Shutterstock Several deaths, a hunger strike and disturbances on board cruise ships have raised fresh concern about what crew members say is the deteriorating mental health of staff stranded aboard cruise ships still floating at sea. Continue reading →

In most parts of the United States, were living under conditions unprecedented in our lifetimes. Never before have millions of Americans been asked to shelter in place, and yet many of us have been doing just that for upward of two months now, with varied amounts of additional time stretching out ahead of usand then, perhaps, a year of sporadic lockdowns to follow Continue reading →