A recent analysis predicted as many as 75,000 people might die from suicide, overdose or alcohol abuse, triggered by the uncertainty and unemployment caused by the pandemic.
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I did not know that the next time I held her body, it would be chips of bone and gritty ash in a small cardboard box.
Drinking Surged During The Pandemic. Do You Know The Signs Of Addiction?
While some people may be predisposed to problematic drinking or alcohol-use disorder, these can also result from someone’s environment.
Why cellphone videos of black people’s deaths should be considered sacred, like lynching photographs
Likening the fatal footage of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd to lynching photographs invites us to treat them more thoughtfully.
In Hard-Hit Areas, COVID’s Ripple Effects Strain Mental Health Care Systems
Although mental health services continued largely uninterrupted in areas with low levels of the coronavirus, behavioral health care workers in areas hit hard by COVID-19 were overburdened.
Pandemic Presents New Hurdles, and Hope, for People Struggling with Addiction
“There’s social distancing — to a limit…I think when someone’s life is in jeopardy, they’re worth saving. You just can’t watch people die.”
My Daughter / Myself
I would spend a decade trying to reconcile two feelings: complete hatred for the stranger who was living in my daughter’s body and total surrender to my love for her.
Avoiding Family Drama During the Covid-19 Pandemic
When the pandemic broke out, for the first time since I left home, I felt conflicted between the need to learn my brothers are safe and my need to maintain a drama-free life.
Flattening the mental health curve is the next big coronavirus challenge
Some recent projections suggest that deaths stemming from mental health issues could rival deaths directly due to the virus itself.
Police officers accused of brutal violence often have a history of complaints by citizens
Decades of research on police shootings and brutality reveal that officers with a history of shooting civilians, for example, are much more likely to do so in the future compared to other officers.