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As mask mandates fall and the CDC issues new mask guidance, kids may experience anxiety around removing their masks. Clear communication from grown-ups can help children navigate the uncertainty.
For the first time, an IPCC climate report has assessed evidence that weather and climate extremes are already affecting mental health — and are likely to worsen.
Ono’s commitment to regenerative rituals is instructive in an era of turmoil and instability.
The physical activity and social connection that take place at recess help children be more engaged once back in the classroom.
People don’t just go on retreat to discover themselves. They also go hoping to find magical connections with others.
Accepting and embracing stress may just help us improve our mental health.
New research shines light on what is driving hospitality workers – like waiters and hotel workers – to abandon the industry as part of the ‘great resignation.’
The science of stress explains why parenting during the pandemic feels so hard. Here are strategies from psychologists for taking back control when you dread yet another challenging day ahead.
92% of performing artists experienced significant changes to their work during early stages of the pandemic – and at least half experienced depression.
Workplaces, in addition to providing critical organizational resources, can encourage employees to undertake a voluntary workplace well-being streak, or employees can commit to their own.
Managing your stress could help you live longer.
Remorse and sorrow from a bad choice can haunt you for years, even decades. But there are evidence-based ways to move past regret.
Emotional Freedom Techniques, known as tapping, are an approach to stress relief that more than 100 randomised clinical trials have shown is effective.
Hostile partners can experience jumps in stress and blood pressure after an argument. But there are ways to cool conflicts, even during a pandemic holiday season.
Don’t expect meditation to provide Christmas miracles. But if you start learning how to meditate now, your holidays may be a bit less stressful and perhaps a little more meaningful.
As we face the rise and rise of the Omicron variant, your risk of getting severe Covid may depend on how stressed you are. Now is a great time to look after your mental health.
A growing body of research points to the body’s natural cannabinoid system as the primary driver behind the runner’s high – and the mental health boost and stress relief following exercise.
Practising mindfulness and getting outdoors can reduce stress around the holiday season.
Parenting means internal competition between three evolved responses: the threat, drive and soothing system. The threat light is on often, but it can be dampened by tapping into the soothing system.
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Associate Professor of Family & Community Medicine and Pediatrics, retired, University of California, San Francisco
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Senior Lecturer, Centre for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
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MBA Director & Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba
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Senior Research Fellow in Mental Health, Victoria University
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Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health, University of Manchester
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Professor of Psychology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Associate Professor, Psychosocial Difficulties, University of Oslo
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Director, Field Experience (Community-Based), Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University
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Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Professor, Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research, Macquarie University
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Professor in Psychology, Bond University
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NHMRC Early Career Fellow, Telethon Kids Institute
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Business psychologist, Lancaster University
