A spike in texts and calls to crisis hotlines reflects Americans growing anxiety about the coronavirus and its impact on their lives. Richard Bailey/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Richard Bailey/Getty Images A spike in texts and calls to crisis hotlines reflects Americans growing anxiety about the coronavirus and its impact on their lives. Richard Bailey/Getty Images Normally, Laura Mayer helps the most acutely suicidal callers find the nearest hospital emergency room Continue reading →

Dangers of climate change I would like to thank Fausto D'Apuzzo and Lanier Poland and the editors of the Mountain View Voice for this opinion piece ("'Cultural antibodies' to help fight climate change," April 25). They have done a great job of outlining the dangers of climate change. This bill in Congress, HR 763, will actually benefit the economy and create jobs. Continue reading →

Case Western Reserve University researchers are studying trauma caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and they say theyre concerned that the outbreak might have lasting mental health effects. Continue reading →

Rik Cornell, vice president of community relations for the Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester during a 2018 community education presentation at the Girl Scouts office in Bedford. File Photo As New Hampshires community mental health centers made the sudden shift to dealing with the new coronavirus crisis, staff and administrators found an operational foundation was already in place. I think that if there is a blessing for the drug and alcohol issue weve dealt with, its that a lot of agencies that never worked together had to find a way to work together, said Rik Cornell, vice president for community relations at The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester Continue reading →

May is mental health month. Its a good time to note how the COVID-19 public health crisis could be affecting your sanity, according to Marylou Sudders, the Massachusetts secretary of health and human services. Those impacts can take many forms, Sudders said, whether loneliness, situational depression, anxiety from the fear of contagion, grief due to loss, or worries of economic security Continue reading →

Human beings like certainty. We are hardwired to want to know what is happening when, and to notice things that feel threatening to us. When things feel uncertain or when we dont generally feel safe, its normal to feel stressed. Continue reading →

The recently unemployed, women andyounger people report the highest stress levels, according to Morneau Shepell's Mental Health Index LONDON, May 4, 2020 /CNW/ -Morneau Shepell, a leader in integrated HR solutions, announced today thatBritons are experiencing sharp increases in depression and anxiety due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic fallout. Morneau Shepell's new Mental Health Index shows that a significant majority (74 per cent) of respondents report the pandemic has had a negative impact on their mental health, while 97 per cent of respondents say that they have experienced some type of personal disruption Continue reading →

Las Cruces Sun-News Published 1:57 a.m. MT May 3, 2020 (Photo: ) Letterspublished in the May 3, 2020print edition of the Las Cruces Sun-News. As the state navigates a difficult course of action with regard to COVID-19, it is understandable that some would question the decisions made by our governmental leaders.Although historywill be the ultimate judge of these leadership decisions, there is also an old axiom which states that the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior Continue reading →