It’s a major life milestone, the first time many U.S. teens have ever been on their own. Even in normal times, freshman year in college can be a jumbled mix of anticipation, uncertainty and emotional highs and lows. In these hardly normal times, when the quintessential college experience exists only […]
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Stressed freshmen missing quintessential college experience
Madison Zurmuehlen poses for a photo on the University of Missouri-Kansas City campus in Kansas City, Mo., Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. Amid pandemic restrictions aimed at keeping students safe and healthy, colleges are scrambling to help them adjust. Zurmuehlen said daily practices, with masks, are “the one thing I look […]
People who drank more or less during COVID-19 lockdown were more stressed
When the coronavirus pandemic necessitated stay-home orders across the U.S. earlier this year, a quarter of adults took immediate action by either increasing, or decreasing, their alcohol use. A study recently published in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry found that 14% of respondents drank more alcohol than in the week […]
Scammers exploit Covid to steal from stressed bank customers
Photograph: Josie Elias/Alamy It began with a text purportedly from O2. The message informed Stephen Frew that his latest payment could not be processed and asked him to update his card details via a link. Frew duly obliged. Within a week the £21,330 he was about to use as a […]
Stressed doctors using ‘phone a friend’ service to make ethical decisions during pandemic
Burnt-out intensive care doctors are using a new “phone a friend” service to help them make life and death coronavirus decisions, The Telegraph has learnt. At least four London hospitals and others across the country are using new systems to allow doctors to call more senior colleagues for help making […]
Stressed out and overwhelmed by distance learning? Here are some resources that might help
With the announcement that the Sacramento City Unified School District will begin the year with distance learning, many parents are looking for ways to support their children as they learn from home. Supporting a student engaged in distance learning can be challenging for parents, particularly those who are juggling working […]