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  • Lockdown living: how Europeans are avoiding going stir crazy

    Jon Henley

    March 28, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Italy

    As governments order lockdowns of cities and countries due to coronavirus concerns, many people are at risk for experiencing mental health issues such as loneliness and anxiety. To combat this, people are turning to telemedicine for counseling consultations and to keep in touch with loved ones, as well as activities such as exercise to improve moods.

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  • Metro Detroit's yoga community finds breathing space online during COVID-19

    Kate Roff

    March 26, 2020 |

    Metromode |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Gyms nationwide have had to close due to the spread of COVID-19, but a yoga studio in Metro Detroit is turning to technology to help deliver classes to the community. With the practice of yoga is associated with stress management, studio owners utilizing virtual options such as Facebook Live, Zoom, and YouTube in order to help their clientele cope.

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  • Revive: A fatal overdose, a stunning coincidence, and a mother's long quest to heal.

    Max Blau

    March 26, 2020 |

    The Atavist Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

    A mother's grief and a doctor's determination led to the first syringe-exchange center in Florida – a significant first step in increasing conversation around the merits of harm reduction policies. Since opening, the center has "collected 360,000 dirty syringes, provided medical treatment to 1,200 people, and helped 200 patients detox," while also reversing 1,450 overdoses, which has prompted five other counties to lift their syringe-exchange bans.

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  • Telehealth therapy sessions available for more people; one center says some people won't have to pay

    Haley Hernandez

    March 26, 2020 |

    KPRC-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    One positive side effect of the encouraged social distancing due to the novel coronavirus outbreak is the shift to telemedicine, specifically the chance to have therapy sessions over phone and video calls. At one health center in the Houston area, about 90% of its typically 2,000 weekly appointments have made the transition to online.

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  • Support groups grapple with social distance and isolation

    Carl Segerstrom

    March 25, 2020 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Social connection is crucial to recovery for people participating in Alcoholics Anonymous, but the quarantine mandated by the coronavirus has made that impossible. Support groups across the state of Washington are grappling with isolation and, in response, have started meeting over Zoom instead. This article talks to several participants to get their take on it. One person in particular said that meeting online has allowed them to attend more meetings, and it has been a source of comfort during quarantine.

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  • Coronavirus lockdowns and high anxiety: Has teletherapy's moment arrived?

    Christiaan Mader

    March 25, 2020 |

    The Current (Louisiana) |

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    Response Location: United States, Lafayette, Louisiana

    The coronavirus pandemic has caused many in the healthcare industry to rethink how they conduct business, which in some instances has opened the door to telehealth practices. In Louisiana, "emergency public policy changes designed to loosen the regulatory grip on remote counseling," has allowed counseling centers to offer teletherapy to clients but counselors are still navigating how best to attract a clientele and use the technology.

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  • This is what sobriety in a time of crisis looks like

    Will Peischel

    March 24, 2020 |

    Mother Jones |

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    Response Location: United States, Havre De Grace, Maryland

    As meetings and social gatherings of all kinds have been postponed or canceled altogether, the support group Alcoholics Anonymous faced a particular challenge given the imperative and power of their in-person meetings. Fortunately, many chapters have moved their meetings online, to video conference services like Skype or Zoom.

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  • Overworked, underpaid and lonely: Conservationists find a new community online

    Jeremy Hance

    March 23, 2020 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Australia

    Lonely Conservationists, an online forum that unites conservationists from around the world, has more than 2,500 members and 55 posts by conservationists who share their experiences of being exhausted, undervalued, underpaid, and isolated. Many members struggle with their mental health and the online community has provided a venue where they can get support from other people who understand their experiences. The group cannot solve all of the problems faced by conservationists, but members report building trust and increasing confidence by speaking their truths, with many going on to find jobs.

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  • Philly area mental health professionals offer free therapy for health care workers

    Maiken Scott

    March 22, 2020 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    As counseling and therapy sessions increasingly move online in order to comply with national stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus pandemic, a group of mental healthcare professionals in Philadelphia are offering free mini-sessions to medical professionals who are on the frontlines. A number of provisions and protocols have been removed in order to make the transition to telehealth easier, which has helped allow for sessions to be booked and structured more efficiently for both the patient and the doctor.

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  • 심리적 방역이 필요한 시간…경남서도 코로나19 심리상담 '호응'

    박정헌

    March 20, 2020 |

    연합뉴스 |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Gimhae

    전국적 코로나19 비상사태가 장기화 됨에 따라 사회적 취약 계층이 심리적 스트레스에 노출되는 사례가 증가하고 있습니다. 경남의 지자체에서는 이에 대응하기 위한 심리지원팀을 설치, 운영해 시민들의 심리건강을 책임지고 있습니다.

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