New Zealand young people facing 'silent pandemic of psychological distress' Mental health conditions amongst young people have doubled in the past decade with researchers describing it as "a silent pandemic of psychological distress".
Photo: 123RF Research published today called Youth Mental Health in Aotearoa New Zealand: Greater Urgency Required, produced by Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures at The University of Auckland, looked into the factors that impacted young people's mental health, and effective strategies for prevention and intervention. It called for urgent action to better understand the rapid rise in issues among youth, and found nationally, poor mental health in our rangatahi had doubled in 10 years - a sharp rise - which was inequitable and only worsening. The collection of psychologists and academics providing commentary on the matter included Sir Peter Gluckman, professor Richie Poulton and Rochelle Menzies.
Added impacts of Covid-19 on youth mental health was likely to be extensive and enduring. Future forecast Where to get help: Need to Talk? The reason Zoom calls drain your energy - BBC Worklife. Big group calls can feel particularly performative, Petriglieri warns.
People like watching television because you can allow your mind to wander – but a large video call “is like you're watching television and television is watching you”. Large group chats can also feel depersonalising, he adds, because your power as an individual is diminished. And despite the branding, it may not feel like leisure time. “It doesn't matter whether you call it a virtual happy hour, it's a meeting, because mostly we are used to using these tools for work.” So how can we alleviate Zoom fatigue? Both experts suggest limiting video calls to those that are necessary. In some cases it’s worth considering if video chats are really the most efficient option. Building transition periods in between video meetings can also help refresh us – try stretching, having a drink or doing a bit of exercise, our experts say. And maybe, says Petriglieri, if you want to reach out, go old-school. BBC Radio 4 - The Anatomy of Loneliness - Who feels lonely? The results of the world’s largest loneliness study.
Regional Director - Statement – Physical and mental health key to resilience during COVID-19 pandemic. Statement to the press by Dr Hans Henri P.
Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe 26 March 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark Unprecedented measures to slow and interrupt transmission of COVID-19 are buying us time and reducing pressure on our health systems, but at a significant social and economic cost. Physical distancing and isolation measures, the closure of schools and workplaces, are particularly challenging us - as they affect what we love to do, where we want to be, and who we want to be with. It is absolutely natural for each of us to feel stress, anxiety, fear and loneliness during this time. But before that, allow me to provide you with an overview of the current situation on COVID-19 in the WHO European Region. Epidemiological situation across the WHO European Region Since we last broadcast over a week ago, the number cases and deaths of COVID-19 in our Region have tripled.
The WHO European Region has reported over 220,000 cases, and 11,987 deaths associated with COVID-19. Health Experts Ask Facebook to Shut Down Messenger Kids. How to Reduce the Impact of Childhood Trauma. When Dr.
Nadine Burke Harris set up the Bayview Child Health Center in 2007, she immediately noticed an association between traumatic experiences and health outcomes in the children she treated. Dr. Nadine Burke Harris © Perry Ogden “Day after day I saw infants who were listless and had strange rashes,” she writes in her new book, The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity. “Kids just entering middle school had depression. Often, she discovered, these children had suffered “heart-wrenching trauma,” such sexual abuse, violence, or parental mental illness and incarceration. We spoke with Dr. Jeremy Adam Smith: What is the origin of the term “adverse childhood experience”? Many of us are familiar with the idea that exposure to adversity in childhood might affect your risk of being depressed or being an alcoholic, and that it might affect your behavior. Mental health. Poverty link with children's mental health 'unarguable': Children's Commissioner.
Children growing up in disadvantaged homes are more likely to need anti-psychotic medication, new research has found.
And while the research was carried out in Australia, New Zealand's Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft says the link between Kiwi children's poverty and mental health as 'unarguable'. The study will be presented today during the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Annual Congress in Auckland in front of a national and international gathering of experts.
The study was led by social policy researcher Amy Kaim from the Robinson Research Institute at the University of Adelaide using data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC), cross matched with information from Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. "The preliminary findings indicate that a larger proportion of children and teens from disadvantaged families are being placed on antipsychotic medication than others in the general population," she said.