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COVID Has Put the World at Risk of Prolonged Grief Disorder
The deaths of more than 586,000 people in the U.S. from COVID since the spring of 2020 have left many millions grieving. A sizable number of these bereaved individuals will find their anguish lasts an unusually
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‘Everyone is Touched by This’: Indian Diaspora Feels Collective Grief Over COVID Crisis
… In early May, India registered over 400,000 positive Covid-19 cases in one day and set a record with 3,689 deaths on May 2. Then, weeks later, the country saw 4,529 deaths in one day. To date
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There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing
At first, I didn’t recognize the symptoms that we all had in common. Friends mentioned that they were having trouble concentrating. Colleagues reported that even with vaccines on the horizon, they weren’t excited about 2021.
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Why Older People Managed to Stay Happier Through the Pandemic
For all its challenges to mental health, this year of the plague also put psychological science to the test, and in particular one of its most consoling truths: that age and emotional well-being tend to
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The U.S. Needs Tolerance More Than Unity
The 2020 United States election and the ensuing riot are further evidence—as if we needed more—of how deeply divided the country is today. The divisions are regional, ideological, cultural, moral and, some say, intractable. A team of
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The Collective Grief We Must Face
APS Member/Author: Dorothy P. Holinger I have known grief all my life. My baby sister died when I was a toddler, and I know what it did to my family. We couldn’t grieve her death
