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How to Prepare for a Disaster, Emotionally and Mentally
IT WAS AUGUST 2020 and the United States had just surpassed its 5 millionth reported Covid-19 case. Meanwhile, hundreds of fires raged across my home state of California, incinerating small towns. Local news toggled between maps with red blotches indicating
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Why This Stage of the Pandemic Makes Us So Anxious
With the threat from the delta variant bearing down across the United States, it’s almost hard to remember the heady days earlier this summer when many of us were experiencing relief, joy, even euphoria as
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Video: 5 Flash Talks on Mental Health
Researchers share how their work is advancing the understanding and treatment of conditions like postpartum depression, OCD, and bipolar disorder.
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Stage Fright
The pressure. The expectations. The anxiety. If there’s one thing that connects the athletes gathering for the Olympic games with the rest of us, it’s the stress that can come from performing in front of
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The Future Is Bright: Vivid Imagination Is Linked to Mental Health
People who can imagine achieving their goals in greater detail are less likely to be or to become depressed.
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Simone Biles Rejects a Long Tradition of Stoicism in Sports
Ten years ago, or even five, an athlete of Simone Biles’s stature might have been reluctant to admit that she struggled with pressure, much less to have withdrawn in the middle of an Olympic competition. “People might