Goldie Hawn launches tool to fight kids’ mental health “emergency”

Goldie Hawn launches tool to fight kids’ mental health “emergency”

The widespread toll on children’s mental health is one of the most potentially damaging impacts the pandemic has had, actress Goldie Hawn told Axios in an interview. “We are dealing with a worldwide epidemic of mental illness,” Hawn said. Driving the news: Nearly 20 years after founding MindUP for Life, an organization that has provided … Read more

When Can People With Long COVID Return to Exercising?

When Can People With Long COVID Return to Exercising?

Photo: tpawat (Shutterstock) Returning to exercise after any physical setback is hard. You trust yourself to listen to your body, but it’s also tempting to go back outside before you’ve fully recovered. However, getting back into your exercise routine too soon can cause more harm than good:Y This is especially true when it comes to … Read more

Post-COVID Trauma: Global Prevalence Of Depressive And Anxiety Disorders, Says Study

Post-COVID Trauma: Global Prevalence Of Depressive And Anxiety Disorders, Says Study

Social distancing, isolation, stress, unemployment, and anxiety are just some of the invisible byproducts of the ongoing health pandemic. Researchers have found that cases of mental health disorders around the world have increased dramatically after the appearance of the coronavirus. Experts believe that had the pandemic not occurred, the world would have experienced approximately 75 … Read more

How to look after your mental health if you’re at home & COVID-19 positive

How to look after your mental health if you’re at home & COVID-19 positive

Image Source: FREEPIK representative image For many of us, contracting COVID and isolating ourselves at home can be a lonely, frightening, and distressing experience. For those with a pre-existing mental illness, it can be even more difficult. The following strategies are designed to help you take care of your mental health if you contract COVID … Read more

Omicron Variant: How Excessive Intake of Immunity Supplements Can Affect Your Body Organs

Omicron Variant: How Excessive Intake of Immunity Supplements Can Affect Your Body Organs

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, immunity-boosting supplements and kadhas have become a part of our lives. People are now more focused on their immune health than ever. It is a fact that immunity supplements are packed with obvious health benefits. But did you know that there are also potential downsides to taking these … Read more

Update on psychedelic therapy drugs a positive step in mental-health care: experts

Update on psychedelic therapy drugs a positive step in mental-health care: experts

A doctor and psychologist say Health Canada’s decision to allow doctors to order restricted psychedelic drugs for patients as part of their psychotherapy is a positive step toward transforming mental health care. But they say the recent change to the Special Access Program is not enough. “We still have a lot of work to do … Read more

Misinformation, mental well-being and third wave

Misinformation, mental well-being and third wave

While Covid-19 is not the first pandemic the world has known, it exists in the age of technological and information explosion. In the last two years, the world and especially India have witnessed disruptions in health care, education, the economy and in life as we knew it. We are also witnessing an uptick in messages … Read more