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WZTV
Jobs disappearing, businesses shutting down, and separation from friends and family due to COVID-19 have placed an uncomfortable, emotional strain on people. Some describe feelings of unmanageable stress, isolation sadness and thoughts of being trapped or powerless.
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Noozhawk
Mental health experts and domestic violence advocates across Santa Barbara County are rising to meet community needs and critical services as the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic upends daily life.
In the wake of COVID-19, county Behavioral Wellness 24/7 access line screeners have “described the intensities of the calls as being much higher, so people sounding or expressing higher intensity and levels of stress, potential suicidal ideation and those types of calls," said Suzanne Grimmesey, chief quality care and strategy officer for the county Department of Behavioral Wellness.
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News Medical
After a yearlong study of people with opioid dependence, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report evidence that adding $8 an hour to their paychecks may help those in recovery stay drug free longer, as well as encourage them to get and hold regular jobs.
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HealthDay News
An experimental drug may ease a range of symptoms that strike people with schizophrenia, without the side effects of existing medications, an early clinical trial suggests.
Researchers found that, over one month, the drug helped manage the different ways in which schizophrenia manifests -- from delusions and hallucinations, to flattened emotions and social withdrawal.
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ABC News
With millions of Americans forced into weeks of extended isolation, several communities have reported a spike in drug overdose deaths, prompting health officials to raise concerns about the safety of those suffering from substance use disorders amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Psychiatry Advisor
Exposure to psychosocial stress at work may be linked with increased risk of sickness absence (SA) due to a diagnosed mental health disorder, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Psychiatry.
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The New York Times
OxyContin, and the aggressive, misleading way that Purdue Pharma marketed it, might have been even more damaging than was previously understood.
Recent research shows how the company focused its marketing in states with lighter prescription regulation — to devastating effect.
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Yahoo Finance
U.S. adults are having trouble concentrating on work and it's costing employers productivity and engagement, according to a Colonial Life survey conducted during the rising coronavirus pandemic.
The Colonial Life survey* of 1,200 U.S. adults in March found nearly 40% report "high" or "moderate" daily stress levels that distract them from their work.
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WSLS-TV
Can stimulating electrical activity in the brain help the millions of people who suffer from disorders like depression and chronic pain? Researchers who are studying the effects on humans say the results are very promising.
Electrical engineer Flavio Frohlich went from working with computers to something more complex.
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Benefits Pro
The benefits that employees need and want have never been more important. During the COVID-19 outbreak, uncertainty is rampant. Employees are worried about their wellbeing. They’re worried about their families. And, they’re concerned about the future. When you also consider the economic impact of this pandemic and the need to physically distance ourselves from what we know and who we love, the mental health implications are sure to be significant.
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Forbes
When you’re an employer, you’re doing more than just running a business. You’re inherently connected to the lives of the people on your team, and that means being there for them during the good times and the bad.
A personal crisis can and will hit any employee, and every crisis is different. It could be a personal health problem or a health issue for a spouse or family member.
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Post Bulletin
Web developers at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation had been tinkering with a video calling program for about a year by the time the coronavirus reached American shores.
Pitched as a way for substance addiction specialists and their patients to conference remotely, it wasn't developed in anticipation of a public health crisis that would render housebound a large segment of the country's population.
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TechRadar.pro
There is a whole new challenge for companies in the age of working from home during the coronavirus pandemic.
Because every employee is isolated and may even be home alone, the mental health ramifications are quite profound. There are adjustments to be made when it comes to being at home each and every day, doing that over a long-term basis, but then also adjusting to normal life once we are all free to go back to the corporate office.
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Security Magazine
To minimize the occurrence of physical and digital harm in the workplace, 90 percent of organizations are training employees on safety procedures, including compliance training and programs on other topics.
Of those, 95 percent provide training for employee safety, 96 percent for workplace safety, 48 percent for customer safety, and 84 percent for digital and information safety, according to the Association for Talent Development research report Safety Training: Protecting Employees and Organizations.
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Casper Star Tribune
With many employees still reporting for work during the COVID-19 pandemic, employers may have to adopt new measures to comply with regulations requiring safe workplaces.
Employers have an obligation to protect workers from “recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm,” the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration states in a 35-page publication offering COVID-19 guidance in the workplace.
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