In this paper published in The Lancet Psychiatry Journal on April 15th, 2020, the researchers suggest that situations of a pandemic, specifically under COVID-19 place many psychological and psychosocial stressors upon individuals. The authors of this paper suggest to collect data on how the pandemic has affected mental health of individuals and then prioritize the … Read more
In an article written in The Lancet, the authors ponder the timeline from which wearing masks in public to the general population was not recommended to it now being recommended for everyone. The authors discuss the various benefits to mass masking, drawing similarities to the concept of herd immunity. The authors would like to emphasize … Read more
Employees at the Rush University Medical Center say that they are prepared in order to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The building in which they work in, was a $654 million dollar project began soon after the 9/11 attacks, opened in 2012 and is outfitted to handle large influxes of pateints in a short window … Read more
Researchers at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil are studying the replication of the virus and while using a transmission electron microscope, were able to image the exact moment when the virus infects and invades a healthy cells. The link below leads to an article with three of the images captured during this discovery. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/moment-coronavirus-infects-healthy-cell-captured-pictures/
The article below is written on Forbes and discusses with importance of managing mental health in a post-quarantine world. The author discusses the importance of supervisors to take into account burnout and a variety of other issues that may arise post-quarantine, and give utmost attention to mental health as one would with physical health. https://www.forbes.com/sites/janbruce/2020/04/03/in-a-covid-19-world-mental-health-is-workforce-health/#28d28b0b2385
In an article published in The Lancet by physicians from China, they discuss the challenges and effects in the comorbidity of mental health illnesses along with physical illness, in this case specifically COVID-19. In addition, the piece discusses the social difficulties that are experienced among residents including stigma as well as general inability to access … Read more
