Studies have shown that Covid-19 itself can lead to mental illness, including mood disorders like depression
Data show that suicide rates have remained unchanged during this period, although data from lower-income countries are lacking
“Trauma, a word we use very frequently in the context of mental health, can take many shapes. It is characterised by the toxic effects of extreme fear, uncertainty, insecurity, helplessness, and grief on our minds. In this sense, trauma is sweeping across India and many other countries,” said Vikram Patel, The Pershing Square Professor of Global Health in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
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Where you live may predict your long-term survival after experiencing a first heart attack. Socioeconomic factors such as income, education, employment, community safety and more have long been associated with cardiovascular health, but less is known about how neighborhood factors impact outcomes after myocardial infarction (MI), particularly among younger individuals. In an article published in
JAMA Cardiology, researchers from Brigham and Women s Hospital and colleagues studied the health records of 2,002 patients who experienced an MI at or before age 50. They found that even after adjusting for other health risk factors, neighborhood-level socioeconomic disadvantage was associated with a 57 percent higher rate of cardiovascular mortality over an approximate 11-year follow-up period.
Mercedes C. Becerra â91 and Salmaan Keshavjee will serve as the new faculty deans of Adams House, Dean of Harvard College Rakesh Khurana announced in a Tuesday email to Adams House affiliates.
Becerra is a professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, while Keshavjee serves as an Anthropology professor in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as well as a Global Health and Social Medicine professor at the Medical School. They will begin their roles on July 1.
Khurana wrote that he was âthrilled to welcomeâ the new pair of deans and also thanked Adams House affiliates for their support during the search.
Liberia: RPI Boss Fallah To Share Platform With Nobel Laureate At London School Of Economics
Liberia: RPI Boss Fallah To Share Platform With Nobel Laureate At London School Of Economics
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MONROVIA The Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rescue Place International (RPI), Dr. Mosoka P. Fallah will share a
platform with the winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences at May 14 session of Social Policy Live Conference.
The conference is organized by the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics (LSE) for its Masters Students.
LSE in a communication points out that the ensuing conference forms a core part of learning on the Masters of Science programmes at LSE.
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