Tag: Stress
When fracking moves into the neighborhood, mental health risks rise
Stephanie Malin, Colorado State University
Hydraulic fracturing has boomed in the U.S. over the past decade, but unless you live near it, you may not...
Pregnancy during a pandemic: The stress of COVID-19 on pregnant women...
Jennifer C. Ablow, University of Oregon and Elinor Sullivan, Oregon Health & Science University
Pregnancy is stressful, to say the least, but COVID-19 brings new...
Families can support kids’ mental health whether they’re learning remotely or...
Erika Bocknek, Wayne State University
The choice between in-person learning, where available, and remote learning is a fraught one for parents. Children experience joy and...
Parents with children forced to do school at home are drinking...
Susan Sonnenschein, University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Elyse R. Grossman, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
The Research Brief is a short take...
African American teens face mental health crisis but are less likely...
Rebecca Klisz-Hulbert, Wayne State University
Black youth in the U.S. experience more illness, poverty, and discrimination than their white counterparts. These issues put them at...
Meditation apps might calm you — but miss the point of...
Gregory Grieve, University of North Carolina – Greensboro and Beverley McGuire, University of North Carolina Wilmington
In today’s stressful world, mindfulness – a type of...
A neuroscience-based action plan to deal with stress after El Paso...
Laurel Mellin, University of California, San Francisco
After the mass murders in El Paso and Dayton, discussions about improving mental health and strengthening gun control...
5 tips for college students to use final exam stress to...
Jennifer Wegmann, Binghamton University, State University of New York
For the nearly 20 million college students in the U.S., one of the most stressful times...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
