COVID-19 Raised Mental Health Issues Within Families by Angela Mohan on April 13, 2021 at 5:26 PM
Lock down due to COVID-19 has been liked to a variety of large, detrimental effects on individuals and families well-being and functioning.
Parents reported that they themselves were experiencing much higher levels of depression and lower levels of coparenting quality with their partners.
Mark Feinberg, research professor of health and human development at Penn State, said the results recently published in the journal
Family Process give insight into just how devastating periods of family and social stress can be for parents and children, and how important a good coparenting relationship can be for family well-being.
Mental Health Problems Before and After Covid-19 in Middle School Kids by Hannah Joy on April 5, 2021 at 6:36 PM
The symptoms reduced during the early stages of the pandemic
It could be due to the COVID-19 stay-at-home regulations
During the early stages of the pandemic, the elevated levels of mental health problems in middle school children from a predominantly Latinx community were found to be reduced, reveals a new study.
The study in the
Mental Health Problems Before and After Covid-19 in Middle School Kids While the negative impact of the COVID pandemic on mental health is widespread, our study found that COVID-19 stay-at-home measures may have offered some protective effects for youth mental health early in the pandemic, said study coordinator Francesca Penner, MA, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Mississippi, MA, USA. These may be related to increased time with family, fewer social and academic pressures, more flexible routines, factor
Google Advised Mental Health Care by Angela Mohan on March 11, 2021 at 9:21 AM
Google advised its employees to go for mental health counselling or apply leave when they complained about racism or sexual harassment at workplace, the media reported.
According to NBC News, Google s human resources (HR) department encouraged them to take mental health leave, even when their complaints were unrelated to such concerns. They consulted human resources after colleagues made comments about their skin colour or Black hairstyles or asked if they were sexually interested in their teammates. They also contacted human resources to report retaliation after protesting sexual harassment issues and to advocate for raises for Black people to match white employees pay, the report said on Sunday.
by Hannah Joy on February 24, 2021 at 11:43 AM
Social media is a great platform to connect with people. However, it s become dangerous, especially with online racism, as it puts students mental health at greater risk, reveals a new study.
Whether it s a Zoombomb filled with racial slurs, a racist meme that pops up in a Facebook timeline, or a hate-filled comment on an Instagram post, social media has the power to bring out the worst of the worst.
For college students of color who encounter online racism, the effect of racialized aggressions and assaults reaches far beyond any single social media feed and can lead to real and significant mental health impacts - even more significant than in-person experiences of racial discrimination, according to a recently published study from researchers at UConn and Boston College.
Discrimination May Up Mental Health Problems by Hannah Joy on January 16, 2021 at 12:08 PM
Published in the
Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences journal, the study determined that even after controlling genetic risk for anxiety, depression and neuroticism, people reported greater discrimination experiences. The results demonstrate that discriminatory experiences can potentially cause stress and mental health problems regardless of the genetic constitution of the individual, said researcher Adolfo G Cuevas, an assistant professor at Tufts University in the US.
‘Regardless of genetic risks, exposure to discrimination in life plays a significant role in developing anxiety and related disorders. However, alleviating the impact of discrimination has the potential to improve mental health.’