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.
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After more than a year of idealizing life without COVID-19, people are starting to reenter ‘normal’ life. Clinical psychology provides guidance on how to prepare for your post-pandemic reboot.
Feel like you’re facing too many pandemic-related unknowns? Reframing what it means to not know can help you break the uncertainty-anxiety connection.
Stating that COVID-19 is a “Chinese” disease, dehumanizes and reinforces well-worn stereotypes of Chinese people as the “yellow peril.”
From political ideologies, conspiracy theories or “reopen” protests, when faced with uncertainty, we seek reassurance in the face of mortality through efforts at containment.
As we return to work, the stress and anxiety from COVID-19 won’t go away. Our experts have some tips on how to handle the new normal.
When urban spaces work well they are highly social spaces. How do we safely manage them and people’s fears about mingling when ‘being together but apart’ is the norm?
Anxiety and loneliness affect many people at the best of times. The pandemic-induced isolation and stress won’t be helping, but cities can do many things to improve the ‘emotional climate’.
Don’t just tell us how many new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed, tell us how many people you tested as well. That helps us to know if things are getting better or worse.
As the pandemic moves us indoors, it’s time to reconsider our understanding of ‘screen time’ – especially since we’re relying on our devices now more than ever.
A survey of 500 adults in the US provides a snapshot of the ways people are dealing with life during a pandemic and how well they think they’re doing.
As if attacks on health workers weren’t upsetting enough, reports indicate broadband engineers are now also being abused - as conspiracy theorists link 5G technology with to COVID-19’s spread.
Companies can play an important role in keeping their workers both productive and mentally and physically healthy during the pandemic.
While ‘good drones’ have been valuable in this pandemic, using drones to embed new systems of surveillance could be a dangerous and slippery slope.
If you know your own personality traits, you might then be better placed to resist your worst unthinking impulses in a time of high anxiety.
Apart from their functional purpose, products can also impact how we feel, both about ourselves and our situation.
People of all ages need to work together to help keep society functional.
The social media spread of news, information and myths about coronavirus can help keep the public informed but can also stoke panic.
Telstra and Optus have already made arrangements to support customers with extra, free data during the COVID-19 pandemic. But what is the NBN doing?
Disasters and times of crisis bring out the best in most of us. Despite the media focus on initial panic at the COVID-19 pandemic, we are are starting to see a more heartening community response.
Top contributors
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Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia
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Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Wollongong
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Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University
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Associate Professor and Deputy Head of School (Learning and Teaching), Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in human-centred computing & human-computer interaction, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Digital Communication, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Ageing at the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen's University Belfast
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Land Use Planning & Urban Design, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Rebecca E. Olson is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
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Researcher & Lecturer (Technology and Education), The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Distinguished Professor of International Business and Strategy, Northeastern University
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Associate Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Macquarie University
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Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology
