Deputy Chief Medical Officer for mental health, Ruth Vines has stated that pandemic fatigue is contributing to the stress Australians are experiencing during the pandemic. “We have seen significant levels of distress and I’m sure people are now enduring what we call pandemic fatigue and feeling at times increasingly irritable and frustrated,” Vines said on ABC…
Chief Medical Officer: ‘Pandemic Fatigue’ Is Impacting Mental Health
January 26, 2022
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Social Connectedness, Sleep, and Physical Activity Vital for Youth Mental Health: NIH Study
Supportive relationships with family and friends, exercise and sleep was found to reduce the harmful effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents’ mental health, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released on Jan. 24. The NIH listed “poorer quality and functioning of family relationships” and increased “screen time,” including…
More Canadians Struggling with Mental Health Entering Third Year of Pandemic, Studies Show
As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into its third year, Canadians are experiencing negative emotions of anxiety and depression, with a growing number of them struggling with mental health conditions, new studies reveal. A new study, conducted by the Angus Reid Institute (ARI) Jan. 18–22, 2022, has found that out of the 1,509 adults surveyed, one-in-three…
Kids Need Ongoing Mental Health Support Long out of Lockdown
With a new term just around the corner, early childhood experts are encouraging parents to focus on their child’s wellbeing, especially in the face of another potentially challenging year. University of South Australia’s Professor Marjory Ebbeck advises parents not to neglect their child’s mental health even out of lockdowns and when restrictions appear to be…
Putting Children and Their Social Interactions First Will Be Key to Mental Health Recovery in a Post-Pandemic World
There was a time, not too long ago, when educated, civilized societies felt that putting children first was a good idea. They felt that this idea was so sensible and good that they enshrined it in a global declaration: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of the Child. Posters about it were displayed in…
Gloomy Outlook for Global Recovery, World Economic Forum Survey Finds
LONDON—Only one in 10 World Economic Forum members surveyed expects the global recovery to accelerate over the next three years, a poll of nearly 1,000 business, government, and academic leaders found, with only one in six optimistic about the world outlook. Climate change was seen as the number one danger by respondents in the WEF’s…
Depression Screening Improves Care for Breast Cancer Patients
January 5, 2022
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PASADENA, Calif.—Kaiser Permanente in Southern California has implemented a new depression screening initiative for breast cancer patients after research showed such intervention was highly effective at identifying patients in need of mental health care, scientists said Jan. 4. “Early identification and treatment for mental health issues is critical, yet depression and other mental health issues are often underidentified and undertreated…
It’s Madness What Is Happening to College Kids
This is a post about the absolutely insane, crushing restrictions being imposed on young, healthy vaccinated (often booster and often naturally immune) people by institutions of knowledge. In order to prove my thesis that these policies are misguided, let me start with some basics. When it comes to COVID19, there are only 3 things any…
New Study Finds Social Isolation Increases Heart Problems
December 28, 2021
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An Australian study has found that older adults with poor social health—who also have low social support and are isolated—were 42 percent more likely to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD), and twice as likely to die from it. The study’s authors define low social support as having a circle of four or less relatives or close…
Lockdown Policies and Mask Mandates Linked With Lower IQ in Children
The nation’s recent lockdown policies and mask mandates will create a generation of children who exhibit lower IQs and signs of social brain damage, according to Dr. Mark McDonald, a clinical psychiatrist for children and adolescents, in an interview with host Cindy Drukier of a Dec. 25 episode of NTD’s The Nation Speaks. McDonald cited an Aug. 11…
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