Uncertainty during the pandemic is unsettling because people need predictability to feel safe, experts say. So how do we cope when we don’t have it?
Author: Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY
The coronavirus has robbed us all. Let yourself mourn the loss, experts say.
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, people are not only distressed by lives lost, but by experiences lost. We can mourn but still heal, experts say.
Self-isolation during the coronavirus outbreak: What do you do when the bigger danger is at home?
Experts say a social distancing approach to the spread of coronavirus makes domestic violence victims and survivors increasingly vulnerable.
Creator of the World Wide Web says the Internet isn’t working for women
New research on the web’s 31st birthday reveals more than half of young women and girls around the world have experienced online abuse.
The coronavirus has Americans stockpiling toilet paper and hand sanitizer. Why are we so afraid?
Why are people rushing to buy toilet paper, masks and sanitzer? Experts say public anxiety around coronavirus is fueled by a feeling of powerlessness
How to find a therapist if you’re suicidal
Most therapists have limited training in suicide. Here are tips for suicidal people on how to find a mental health professional qualified to help.
We tell suicidal people to go to therapy. So why are therapists rarely trained in suicide?
Suicidal people who seek therapy may not know that suicide training for mental health professionals is dangerously inadequate.
Kobe Bryant, Mike Pompeo and the abuse of women journalists
Treatment of Mary Louise Kelly after Mike Pompeo interview and Felicia Sonmez after Kobe Bryant’s death shows how often women reporters are attacked.
Katie Hill’s resignation is about much more than an alleged affair and explicit photos
Katie Hill resigned after allegations of inappropriate relationships with staffers. Would she have stepped down so quickly if she were a man?
SCOTUS ruling could completely alter lives of LGBTQ Americans
It’s 2019, but job discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity is still legal in some states. The Supreme Court could change that.