Innocenti Research Report: Mind Matters: Lessons from past crises for child and adolescent mental health during COVID-19
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COVID-19 is a crisis like no other in modern times. It has reached every population and community. While the evidence base is still nascent, this report looks at the impacts of disasters and past epidemics – such as Ebola, HIV, SARS/MERS and Zika – on child and adolescent mental health and psychosocial wellbeing, and examines how these insights can guide policies and progammes to support children, their families and communities during the current pandemic.
COVID-19 – its associated public health responses and social and economic impacts – is likely to have multiple deleterious effects on mental health, including elevated risks of anxiety and depression, trauma, loss of family and friends, violence, loneliness and social isolation. However, this pandemic also offers opportunities for positive coping and resilience.
Simone Biles struggles at Tokyo Games could inspire mental health change
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Biles s pain could inspire change around mental health
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Biles Tokyo Struggles Could Inspire Wider Change Around Mental Health By Peter STEBBINGS
07/27/21 AT 10:43 PM
First it was Naomi Osaka, now weeks later a tearful Simone Biles. Two of the biggest names in sport have publicly revealed that they are struggling with their mental health and they could be the catalyst for wider change.
The superstar American gymnast Biles on Tuesday stunned the Tokyo Olympics when she pulled out of the women s team final, saying: I have to do what s right for me and focus on my mental health and not jeopardise my health and my wellbeing.
The 24-year-old had already hinted that she was feeling the immense pressure in the Japanese capital, writing on Instagram: I truly do feel like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders at times.