May 22, 2020
(The Atlantic) – Feelings of numbness, powerlessness, and hopelessness are now so common as to verge on being considered normal. But what we are seeing is far less likely an actual increase in a disease of the brain than a … Read More
May 21, 2020
(CNN) – More than 151,000 Americans died from drug overdoses, alcohol and suicide combined in 2018, slightly lower than the overall numbers in 2017, and leveling off for the first time in two decades, according to a new study. But … Read More
May 19, 2020
(New York Times) – The mental health toll of the coronavirus pandemic is only beginning to show itself, and it is too early to predict the scale of the impact. The coronavirus pandemic is an altogether different kind of cataclysm … Read More
May 5, 2020
(The Atlantic) – Spending time in the ICU, especially for anyone with COVID-19, is a dangerous, physically taxing experience: Only the most seriously ill patients land in intensive care, where many undergo a number of complex medical treatments at once, … Read More
May 5, 2020
(CNN) – Three frontline health care workers have mysteriously fallen out of hospital windows in Russia over the past two weeks, heightening public attention to the working conditions for doctors and medical professionals amid the coronavirus pandemic. Two of those … Read More
May 1, 2020
(The Atlantic) – As of this writing, the coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 50,000 people in the United States and more than 200,000 people worldwide. These deaths’ inevitable companion is grief, but the turmoil of the pandemic is altering … Read More
April 30, 2020
(STAT News) – The U.S. entered a grim new chapter in the coronavirus saga with the recent deaths by suicide of two health care workers on the frontlines of the fight against Covid-19 in New York City: emergency medical technician … Read More
April 28, 2020
(Medical Xpress) – A report released this month by Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefit management program, found that the use of prescription drugs to treat mental health conditions increased more than 20% between mid-February and mid-March, peaking the week of … Read More
April 22, 2020
(The Atlantic) – In hospitals across America, thousands of the sickest COVID-19 patients are now needing intensive care. The marvels of 21st-century medicine will help keep them alive in the best-case scenarios. But surviving can be just the start of … Read More
April 22, 2020
(UPI) – A rising number of Americans has attempted suicide in recent years — and increasing numbers have died — according to a new analysis published Wednesday by JAMA Psychiatry has found. Researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control … Read More
