Tag: Corona Virus

Depression and anxiety levels in the UK are “jumped markedly” as a consequence of restrictions and isolation during the first COVID-19 lockdown in the UK, according to researchers from the University of Bath. Psychologists from the University’s Addiction and Mental Health...

If hospitals are to maintain capacity and vital services during extreme events and disasters there needs to be more training for staff and greater consideration of their personal circumstances, say researchers. In a new study, published in the International Journal of...

(WXYZ) — A new study found that nearly a third of people who tested positive for COVID-19 had a lingering symptom that lasted for six to 12 months. The participants were not hospitalized. In fact, this study followed one of the...

Newswise — More than two years after the COVID-19 pandemic, behavioral health concerns continue to disrupt Americans’ lives, and addressing these concerns should be a major priority, according to a new study from the Tulane University School of Social Work. Recently...

T Years before this Sunday, Peter Atwood became Britain’s first known victim of Covid-19 at the age of 84. He had spent weeks at Midway Naval Hospital in Kent struggling to breathe, although doctors initially put his death to bronchial pneumonia...

A new study found that more than half of the nurses experienced sleep problems during the first six months of the epidemic, which led to feelings of anxiety as well as depression. The study was published in the “Journal of Occupational...

The pandemic continues to weigh heavily on the mental health of the city’s 1.1 million schoolchildren, their parents, and especially on the teachers tasked with keeping them on an academic path. The death of friends and loved ones, new variables and...

The researchers analyzed anonymized data from an Ontario database of 34,000 physicians. They found that 27 percent of clinicians sought help for fatigue and substance abuse in the first year of the epidemic compared to 2019. The results indicate that psychiatrists...

A student with a history of anxiety killed himself while self-isolating after learning his roommate tested positive for Covid-19, an inquiry was told today. Finn Kitson, 19, from Cambridge, has been asked to isolate with the rest of his family for...

Editor’s Note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and advice at Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Researchers have found that older Canadian schoolchildren who spent the most time looking at screens during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced higher levels of anxiety and depression, while...