Psychology & Psychiatry
Anxiety may be contagious, mouse study suggests
Severe instances of stress experienced early in life (ELS) are a risk factor for developing neuropsychiatric diseases, such as anxiety, later in life.
Oct 18, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
As atrocities in Gaza and Israel unfold, psychiatrists give advice on coping
Whether or not you have loved ones in the Middle East, the horrors of the violence and suffering in Israel and Gaza are heart-wrenching and difficult to bear.
Oct 17, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers use AI to measure facial reactions to emotions to gauge risk of depression
Repeatedly exposed to negative emotions, relationship professionals such as social workers, psychologists and psychoeducators are at high risk of experiencing "emotional contagion," an unconscious, automatic transmission ...
Jul 27, 2023
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We can turn to popular culture for lessons about how to live with COVID-19 as endemic
In 2021, conversations began on whether the COVID-19 pandemic will, or even can, end. As a literary and cultural theorist, I started looking for shifts in stories about pandemics and contagion. It turns out that several stories ...
Oct 25, 2022
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Spain to drop masks outdoors as omicron surge decelerates
Spain will end a mandate to wear masks outdoors next week, reversing a late December order against an unprecedented surge of coronavirus infections fueled by a highly contagious mutation, Health Minister Carolina Darias said.
Feb 4, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
What contagious yawning (or lack thereof) says about your personality
We all know that yawns are contagious. Seeing, hearing, and even thinking about yawning can automatically trigger yawns in response. Yet, some people find yawning more infectious than others. A new study on a large and diverse ...
Dec 13, 2021
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Controversy continues over '13 Reasons Why' and adolescent suicide
After its release in 2017, the Netflix series "13 Reasons Why" spurred controversy over concerns that its portrayal of a teenage girl's suicide could increase suicide contagion among adolescents.
Nov 19, 2020
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New study highlights the role of risk communication in coping with COVID-19
The mental effects of pandemics on people can arise not only from the burden of preventive measures, the fear of contracting and cure but also coping with the exponential deaths. It was predicted in 2018 that the next major ...
Oct 19, 2020
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Q&A: Meeting the challenge of vaccination hesitancy
In 2019, the World Health Organization declared vaccine hesitancy one of the top 10 threats to global health. In recent years, worldwide measles outbreaks in communities with low immunization rates have revealed gaps in the ...
Jun 15, 2020
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Italy's Conte vows to reopen schools in September
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said Sunday that schools will only reopen in September but many businesses will resume as early as next week as the country emerges from a near-total coronavirus shutdown.
Apr 26, 2020
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