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We are More Lonely than Ever. Find out Why and How to Counter It.

Christopher L. Heffner, PsyD, PhD — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 19:39:56 +0000

We are more connected and more lonely than ever. And this seems to be true across sex, age, race, and income. The COVID-19 pandemic has played a significant role in fostering disconnection among individuals, leading many of us to be less inclined to re-engage socially at the same level as before. Loneliness doesn't typically travel…

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Post-Traumatic Growth: An Introduction

Christopher L. Heffner, PsyD, PhD — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 21:03:17 +0000

We know that psychological trauma exists and that it can have devastating effects on individuals, families, and communities. Trauma has impacted us since humans existed, and according to the National Center for PTSD at the US Department of Veterans Affairs, it has impacted us in a similar fashion across time. When first introduced in the…

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How to Stop Touching Your Face

Neil Petersen — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 22:48:28 +0000

Do you find your hand regularly creeping up toward your head, despite recent advice from public health experts to keep your fingers and your face firmly separated? If so, you’re not alone. Even trivial habits like touching your face can prove surprisingly hard to shake. Psychologists have spent years investigating the question of how to…

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Census Bureau Data Shows 2020 Brought a Spike in Anxiety and Depression

Neil Petersen — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 23:42:49 +0000

From posttraumatic stress to sleep disturbances, recent studies have begun to confirm that the coronavirus pandemic has brought a range of mental health consequences. Now, an analysis of data from the US Census Bureau provides what appears to be some of the most robust evidence yet that 2020 saw a rapid decline in the United…

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How to Enforce Social Distancing? Your Answer Might Depend on Who’s Breaking the Rules

Neil Petersen — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 22:51:01 +0000

An ethical question raised by the pandemic is what to do about people who don’t take it upon themselves to follow public health recommendations. Generally, there are two approaches: educate people and punish them. The first involves informing people about the consequences of not following public health advice while the second is about imposing penalties…

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The Most and Least Enjoyable Daily Activities During Quarantine

Neil Petersen — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 17:00:34 +0000

Finding activities that bring positive emotions into your life has always been important, but it gained a new urgency when daily life was turned upside down by the pandemic. With lockdowns going into effect, everyday activities like working and socializing started to look different than they had before for many people. And some entirely new,…

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Study Shows Uptick in Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms During Lockdown

Neil Petersen — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 23:48:27 +0000

In March, as public health officials around the world were dialing up measures against COVID-19’s spread, a group of researchers published an article in The Lancet highlighting the potential psychological consequences of widespread quarantine. When that article came out, most of the available evidence was from past epidemics. The authors pointed out that little was…

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Lockdown Might Be Changing People’s Sleep Patterns

Neil Petersen — Tue, 19 May 2020 02:05:34 +0000

If you feel like social distancing is keeping you awake at night, you could be right. A new survey of 1,310 adults in Italy during the country’s total lockdown points to a range of effects that lockdown might have for sleep habits. At the end of March, participants in the study took an online survey…

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COVID-19 Might Be Changing People’s Intentions of Becoming Parents

Neil Petersen — Fri, 08 May 2020 23:05:56 +0000

The new way of life brought about by the current pandemic has many people rethinking their long-term plans, and that may include reevaluating their desire to have children. According to a new study in the Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology, the effect of COVID-19 on people’s intention of having kids might work in both…

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The Mental Health Unknowns of COVID-19

Neil Petersen — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 23:32:03 +0000

For people around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has meant a major disruption to familiar ways of life. With changes being implemented rapid-fire in response to the immediate need to slow the spread of COVID-19, relatively little is known about what the long-term, secondary consequences of those changes will be. When it comes to mental…

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