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Researchers believe they ve cracked the code when it comes to achieving overall emotional and mental wellness through four key pillars.
This past year has been an excruciating one for millions of Americans, and our collective well-being has taken a serious hit. A majority of adults in the United States say their mental health is worse now than it was pre-pandemic. Feelings of isolation are up. A majority of American adults report feeling overwhelmed by their current stress levels.
Against that bleak backdrop and given that COVID-19 case numbers are still reaching record highs, even as vaccines have arrived it seems silly, almost, to think about cultivating emotional well-being. Now? Really? And most importantly, how?!
Study offers a mental well-being tool kit anyone can use
Written by Robby Berman on December 19, 2020 Fact checked by Hannah Flynn, MS
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison provide a tool kit for people struggling with pandemic stress.
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It is clear the coronavirus pandemic is taking a significant emotional toll even on those without a SARS-CoV-2 infection.
The Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll from July 2020 found that 53% of respondents reported pandemic-related stress negatively affecting their health.
The majority of those polled felt the worst was yet to come. Five months from that last sampling, the future remains uncertain even as the first coronavirus vaccines start to emerge.
Research
provides tools for achieving the how of well-being in daily life
University
of Wisconsin-Madison
A
growing mental health crisis is the second wave of health issues
that experts anticipate due to the prolonged stress of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a recent Kaiser Family Foundation Tracking poll from July, 53 percent of
U.S. adults reported that their mental health had been negatively affected by
worry and stress over the pandemic up from 32 percent reported in March.
Organizations
and communities are looking for practical tools to support mental health amidst
this growing crisis, which is taking place alongside ongoing social and racial