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Disordered eating during COVID: understanding experiences from Reddit posts

The Social Care Elf

Georgie Parker summarises a research study of Reddit comments posted during Covid-19, which looks at how the pandemic and lockdown affected people with disordered eating behaviours. The post Disordered eating during COVID: understanding experiences from Reddit posts appeared first on National Elf Service.

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What impact did the pandemic really have on mental health?

MQ Mental Health

Recently, a systematic review and meta-analysis was published in The British Medical Journal , which looked at mental health symptoms before and during the Covid-19 pandemic. It says that at a population level in these countries, there was little change in the prevalence of mental ill-health.

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International Men’s Day: 5 Men Doing Amazing Mental Health Research

MQ Mental Health

This International Men’s Day (19 November) we’re celebrating the amazing achievements of men working in mental health research. We’re focusing on 5 amazing men who have made impact in the world of mental health science. We’re focusing on 5 amazing men who have made impact in the world of mental health science.

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Is Back to School Back to Normal?

Shelter, Inc

But today’s “normal” isn’t the same as it was pre-COVID. Increasing rates of depression, anxiety, suicide, self-harm, aggression, eating disorders, and other behavioral issues in youth prompted a National State of Emergency in Children’s Mental Health by professional organizations in 2020.

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Guest Post: Interview with Merryl Hammond, PD; Author of Mad Like Me and Navigating Bipolar Country

Bipolar Bandit

I’ve worked as a lecturer in medical school, a trainer of nurses in rural South Africa, and — since immigrating to Canada — a public health consultant with Indigenous communities. I had zero mental health issues for the first fifty-plus years of my life… Q: When did you first experience bipolar disorder?

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News Items – October 21, 2021

Social Workers Speak

Jasmine McLaughlin is a member: World Mental Health Day shines spotlight on mental health conversations. The day also reminds Jasmine McLaughlin, a licensed clinical social worker and founder of Empowered to Thrive Counseling and Wellness , about the importance of mental health. Everyday Health.

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Reviewing TIME Mental Health: A New Understanding

A Splintered Mind

I picked up TIME Mental Health: A New Understanding a year ago in the grocery store and slowly worked my way through it. I wasn’t in competition with anybody, except, perhaps, Father Time, but I must admit that I had an assist from COVID–19, which gave me lots of time to break my news addiction.