Teaching is already challenging enough without a pandemic shaking up how the classroom operates. As schools reopen, many districts are focused on keeping their staff and students safe from COVID-19. But the pandemic is also taking a toll on teachers’ mental health. Andrea Ward teaches language arts to eighth graders in a suburb of Des… Read More »
Health Tech Sep 1, 2020• By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH Big Health bills itself as a “complete 24-hour solution for mental health,” offering Sleepio to those who have trouble sleeping and Daylight to those who suffer from worry and anxiety during the day. Fresh off a $ 39M Series B in June 2020 (total $… Read More »
NCBI Bookshelf. This guideline is concerned with the care and treatment of people with a common mental health disorder, including depression, generalised anxiety disorder GAD, panic disorder, phobias, social anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder OCD and post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD. It makes recommendations about the delivery of effective identification, assessment and referral for treatment in primary… Read More »
After a traumatic break-up five years ago and an illness in the family, Kat O’Connor began experiencing debilitating panic attacks and a constant stream of negative thoughts. During bouts of depression, she struggled to eat or even get out of bed in the morning. I remember standing at the bus stop round the corner from… Read More »