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Moving between in-person and virtual schooling affects children with anxiety disorders like selective mutism. In addition, access to diagnosis and support is delayed because of pandemic restrictions.
Seeking isolation can lead to creativity and a deeper understanding of oneself, as these artworks show.
AI chatbots can provide mental health support for people who are isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
If there are inevitably going to be leaks from quarantine, wouldn’t it be better to have it in an isolated location so it can’t spread further?
As the COVID-19 pandemic, restrictions and quarantines continues into their second year, more people are experiencing an acute form of COVID-boredom.
A new study argues for selective border relaxations. But with COVID-19 more prevalent now than at almost any point in the past, the risk would be substantial.
Lifestyle medicine targets the root of chronic diseases like obesity, heart disease and diabetes. Experts explain why everyone should embrace these free prescriptions for good health.
We can look to astronauts’ experiences for tips to improve our own situation during lockdown.
People in high-risk groups are already more likely to be experiencing negative mental health effects during the pandemic. Spending the holidays isolated from family and friends may make matters worse.
Rereading Harry Potter during the COVID-19 pandemic means finding new ways of identifying with the characters, especially in the seventh book, where Harry finds himself struggling with isolation.
Calls for help to domestic violence shelters have risen during the pandemic, as risk factors for the escalation of violence have gone up. It may be time to implement new strategies to help.
People who hear voices are six times more likely to feel lonely.
Traumatic experiences (usually of shame or defeat) lead many people across the globe to cut themselves off from social contact and withdraw from society.
Why structured contact with nature, rolled out with government support, will go a long way to solving the psychological distress of coronavirus.
Lockdowns have a key role in controlling COVID-19 but we must be aware of the risks of isolating people who are vulnerable to suicidal distress.
190 years after her birth, Dickinson’s life reminds us of how to confront the depths of loss with courage and hope.
There are a number of things you should do, including keeping the person with COVID-19 isolated, and cleaning regularly.
The social isolation older adults are experiencing as they try to stay safe from the coronavirus pandemic is raising new mental health risks, but people can take steps to protect themselves.
When home and work life look the same, events tend to blur into a single unmemorable blob. And that’s when we start to forget things.
Top contributors
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia
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Director of the Center for the Science of Social Connection, University of Washington
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Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor, Urban Studies and Professor of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University
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Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University
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Research Fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Associate Dean of School for Psychology and Humanities, University of Central Lancashire
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Honorary Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning, Leader, Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Research Group (ICON Science), RMIT University
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Adjunct Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor and Deputy Head of School (Learning and Teaching), Griffith University
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
