Three Ways You Can Boost Your Mental Health

Perhaps that’s one reason why participants in the MHF study reported walks in nature was their preferred way to cope with stress stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic ... Can Boost Your Mental ... Read More

A More Diverse Nature Brings Better Mental Health

Further, spending time in areas like this can provide benefits that last ... that nearly a quarter of the positive impact of nature on mental health could be explained by the diversity of nearby ... Read More

Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19

As events, challenges, and responses continue to develop around the COVID-19 pandemic ... can also add to anxiety. Manage your anxiety by catching up on news at specific times of the day. Make it PART ... Read More

To mask or not to mask? Understanding public health behaviors during COVID-19

Historically, we have tried to learn from our responses to large-scale health emergencies to prevent future health crises, but the factors influencing public health behavior are deeply complex. Read More

Exploring pandemic effects on mental health of parents juggling unemployment and having children in remote school

Family dynamics are critical to mental well-being, and this role became more prominent during the COVID-19 pandemic ... mental health patterns. "Although COVID-19 was unique, we can expect to ... Read More

Public Health News

Job Flexibility and Security Promotes Better Mental Health Among Employees Mar ... olds in Sweden has decreased after the pandemic. The increase during the pandemic thus appears to have been ... Read More

Can AI help fill the therapist shortage? Mental health apps show promise and pitfalls

Therapists can be hard to reach during panic attacks ... wait lists keeping many from mental health services. And the problem has gotten worse since the COVID-19 pandemic. "It's not about how ... Read More

Study Finds COVID-19 Pandemic Led to Some, But Not Many, Developmental Milestone Delays in Infants and Young Children

Using the Ages and Stages Questionnaire-3 (ASQ-3), a caregiver-completed measure of child development routinely collected as part of pediatric care, researchers say they found only small decreases in ... Read More

Girls' mental health suffered the most during pandemic, data shows

Mental health ER visits for young people rose during the pandemic. Four years since the start of the coronavirus ... can also impact their mental health, according to Dr. Jennifer Ashton, ABC News ... Read More

How spending more time alone could BOOST your wellbeing: Solitude is beneficial and a lack of it can lead to a problem called 'aloneliness', a fascinating new book reveals

In my head, solitude is me time, we were told ... experienced occurred when the Covid-19 pandemic hit in early 2020. Early in the lockdown restrictions, mental-health experts were sounding the ... Read More