by likeminds | Mar 31, 2021 | Editorial
Helping Teens Make Room for Uncomfortable Emotions Psychological health includes being able to bear unpleasant feelings. A new poll conducted by Common Sense Media and Survey Monkey shows, not surprisingly, that most adolescents are worried that the coronavirus will...
by likeminds | Mar 31, 2021 | Editorial
Teenagers, Anxiety Can Be Your Friend Think of it as a personal warning system that will help you notice when things are on the wrong track. For many teenagers, anxiety is riding high these days. A new report from the University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s...
by likeminds | Mar 31, 2021 | Editorial
The social biome: how to build nourishing friendships – and banish loneliness All your daily interactions with others, big and small, make up your social biome, and the pandemic has severely damaged most of ours. Here’s how to reinvigorate it You probably don’t know...
by likeminds | Mar 31, 2021 | Editorial
Lockdown ending could trigger anxiety for many, say UK charities Fears raised for people with mental health concerns over return to schools and workplaces The lifting of lockdown restrictions and the subsequent return to schools, workplaces and social events could...
by likeminds | Mar 31, 2021 | Editorial
6 Insights Into Mental Health From The Last Year (That You Can Use Well Beyond The Pandemic) Energized by the hope of herd immunity and a return to normalcy, America appears to be cautiously emerging from the past year’s collective depression. And considering 2020’s...
by likeminds | Mar 31, 2021 | Editorial
What we’re getting wrong in the conversation about mental health Increased use of psychiatric language means ordinary distress is being medicalised, while the seriously ill are not being heard Many years ago, in the fading hours of a house party, I sat outside...