Tag: Anxiety
How to help dogs and cats manage separation anxiety when their...
Lori M Teller, Texas A&M University
When one of my co-workers found out about a tiny, orphaned kitten that needed a home a few months...
How to outsmart your COVID-19 fears and boost your mood in...
Laurel Mellin, University of California, San Francisco
After a year of toxic stress ignited by so much fear and uncertainty, now is a good time...
Hoarding, stockpiling, panic buying: What’s normal behavior in an abnormal time?
Carol Mathews, University of Florida
Symptoms of depression, anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorders have emerged or worsened for many during the pandemic. This is no...
Connecting to nature is good for kids – but they may...
Louise Chawla, University of Colorado Boulder
As an environmental psychologist who works to improve young people’s access to nature, I recently completed a review that...
Keep calm and carry on – but how? A psychologist offers...
Bethany Teachman, University of Virginia
Well-meaning advice for people freaking out about current events often includes encouragement to be patient, stay calm and keep the...
Stressful times are an opportunity to teach children resilience
Vanessa LoBue, Rutgers University - Newark
Between the global COVID-19 pandemic, the associated economic downturn and widespread protests over racism, it’s difficult for everyone....
Playing football can improve mental health – new research
Mark Llewellyn, University of South Wales; Alecia Cousins, Swansea University, and Philip Tyson, University of South Wales
Playing football is a good way to get...
Black men face high discrimination and depression, even as their education...
Shervin Assari, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science and T.J. Curry, University of Edinburgh
Are you a highly educated and relatively wealthy Black...