“Same storm, separate boats?”
by BPS Policy Unit We live in uncertain times. For many people, this is not a new feeling but an amplification of the difficult realities lived before lock-down. For others, this has been a period
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Jul 2020
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Jun 2020
Telepsychotherapy in the Age of COVID-19
Guest Editor: Jennifer L. Callahan Delivery of psychotherapy has rapidly changed as a function of physical distancing recommendations by the World Health Organization that aim to slow transmission of COVID-19 during a global pandemic. A consequent
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Jun 2020
Survey Shows Drastic Increase of Anxiety, Depression Since Pandemic Began
According to Mental Health America (MHA), the number of people who screened positively for depression and anxiety using MHA's free and anonymous online screening tool has shot up dramatically since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Using
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May 2020
COVID-19: “Tsunami” Of Psych Cases After Lockdown
From The British Medical Journal, 5.19.20 Mental health should be a “core element” of the response to the covid-19 pandemic, with greater investment to cope with a predicted surge in cases after lockdown, say psychiatrists
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May 2020
Love in the Time of Coronavirus: Couples Feel the Strain of Lockdown
By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter With most Americans weeks into sheltering-in-place, couples are in a situation probably none ever planned for: Being in each other's faces all day, every day -- with no clear end in
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Mar 2020
My Life Is More ‘Disposable’ During This Pandemic
The ableism and ageism being unleashed is its own sort of pestilence. by Elliot Kukla, March 19th, 2020 Like many people all over the world, I am not leaving the house now. For me, though,
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Mar 2020
That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief
by: Scott Berinato Some of the HBR edit staff met virtually the other day — a screen full of faces in a scene becoming more common everywhere. We talked about the content we’re commissioning in
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Feb 2020
You Are What you Eat?
Researchers find a western-style diet can impair brain function. The UK Guardian includes an article: "Researchers find a western-style diet can impair brain function” by Ian Sample. Consuming a western diet for as little as one week
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Feb 2020
Statewide autism study finds later diagnoses for girls, high rates of co-occurring disorders
By: Kerry Benson A study analyzing the first 1,000 patients from the Rhode Island Consortium for Autism Research and Treatment found that girls receive autism diagnoses an average of 1.5 years later than boys, and
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Jan 2020
Mindfulness linked to acceptance and self-compassion in response to stressful experiences
By Eric W. Dolan, December 27, 2019 “We were interested in learning more about why mindfulness might be a helpful resource for stress management — especially for first-semester university students undergoing the stressful transition to