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The Renfrew Center for Eating Disorders’ Philadelphia Spring Lane location
Twenty-year-old dancer Alyssa Wendel first suffered from anorexia when she was in high school. Dancing was the way she coped throughout college, but when the pandemic first hit and dancing was no longer an option, she was forced once again to face her eating disorder.
Being sent home from school, dealing with the isolation and lockdown restrictions sent her into a tailspin, Wendel said. She suffered from disordered eating prior to the pandemic, she said, but “that’s where my eating disorder took hold of that and was like, ‘OK, so this is like the perfect time.’”
In a confusing development, the mother of the Florida 6-year-old paddled at school is being investigated for alleged neglect at home. On April 13, the mother in question secretly filmed a Central Florida elementary school principal paddling her daughter in front of her, apparently as punishment for $50 worth of damage to a school computer.
Corporal punishment is not legal in Hendry County, where the beating took place, and Principal Melissa Carter and school clerk Cecelia Self, who held down the child, are both under investigation by the Clewiston Police Department and the Department of Child and Family Services, and the Florida State Attorneys Office is considering filing criminal charges.
Uncertainty during first COVID-19 lockdown had negative impact on mental health
Many people in Switzerland experienced considerable psychological distress during the first COVID-19 lockdown from mid-March to the end of April 2020.
Researchers from the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich (PUK) and the University of Zurich in collaboration with the La Source School of Nursing have now examined the most common sources of stress among children, adolescents, their parents and young adults. For their study, the researchers used representative samples in Switzerland of 1,627 young adults aged 19 to 24 as well as 1,146 children and adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 and their parents.
Uncertainty during last year s first lockdown had a negative impact on mental health. Experts suggest that health and education authorities should provide more support to institutions, such as kindergartens, schools, and sports organizations, to avoid the detriments of lockdowns.
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New research shows that patients who have had contact with the hospital due to serious glandular disease have a greater risk of subsequently developing depression. The study from iPSYCH is the largest yet to show a correlation between glandular fever and depression.
The vast majority of Danes have had glandular fever - also called mononucleosis - before adulthood. And for the vast majority of them, the disease can be cured at home with throat lozenges and a little extra care. But for some, the disease is so serious that they need to visit the hospital.
A new research result now shows that precisely those patients who have been in contact with the hospital in connection with their illness, have a greater risk of suffering a depression later.