Looking for a Way to Support Mental Health in Your Community?
Psychological First Aid volunteers supplement mental healthcare by helping people in crisis until professionals arrive.
Explainers
Coronavirus
Scopes
For Some People, COVID Temp Checks Are a Major Stressor
Temp screenings are supposed to make restaurants, gyms and other businesses safer. For some chronically ill people, they just make life harder.
Explainers
What Happens When the ICU Fills Up
Here’s what to expect if you or a loved one needs care at a hospital whose ICU is at capacity.
Scopes
Getting a Flu Shot Is More Important Than Ever This Year
Flu season is coming and COVID isn't leaving. Widespread flu vaccination can help us handle dueling viruses. Will we rise to the occasion?
Scopes
Telehealth Is Helping COVID Patients Through a Long and Winding Recovery
Some healthcare centers offer new virtual services specifically for patients dealing with lingering effects from the coronavirus.
Voices
COVID Turned My Anxiety Into Depression
I’d always seen the two disorders as opposites. Apparently, they’re more closely related than I realized.
Scopes
Our Therapists Are Talking About the Pandemic Nonstop, Too
Mass crises frequently find their way into talk therapy. The coronavirus is on another level.
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