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Teens and young adults who vaped were five times more likely to be diagnosed with COVID-19.

And young folks who vape and also smoke regular cigarettes have a seven-fold higher risk of getting COVID-19, researchers found.

Brain scans show psilocybin reduces activity in the claustrum,....

a thin sheet of neurons deep within the cortex considered by some to be the seat of consciousness, awareness, and sense of self, according to a study published online in the journal NeuroImage.

Covid-19 and what happens now | Mental Health Matters

I'm a global health researcher working to address health and gender inequalities in the Global South. During my work in areas where Malaria or Dengue Fever are endemic, I always took extra precautions to avoid getting infected. I never anticipated that while living in a large, urban city from Canada I would be at higher risk… Until the COVID-19 pandemic.

During lockdown, like most working mothers, I became the major responsible for childcare and housework.

Mental Health improvements | Why you should put energy into yr Hobbies | Reducing symptoms of Depression.

Do you know someone who’s just really into something specific like paddle-boarding, painting, collecting something, or model trains?

Mental Health and germs | warm hand dryers are not always a safe alternative

If you're a germophobe who wants to use a public bathroom ever again, you might want to stop reading this.

Because it turns out, while bathroom hand dryers can be more environmental than paper towels, they can also be a whirlpool of faecal matter.

Mental Health | Pediatric emergency department visits for deliberate self-harm

CDC recommends a number of mitigation behaviors to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Those behaviors include:

1) covering the nose and mouth with a mask to protect others from possible infection when in public settings and when around persons who live outside of one’s household or around ill household members;

2) maintaining at least 6 feet (2 meters) of distance from persons who live outside one’s household, and keeping oneself distant from persons who are ill; and

3) washing hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, or, if soap and water are not available, using hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol

Your Physical / Mental Health Matters | Watch for symptoms

From the CDC:

Mental Health for students | Delaying high school start times by about an hour increased the amount adolescents slept on school nights, and also reduced their catch-up sleep on weekends, according to results from a cohort study.

For their research published in JAMA Pediatrics, Rachel Widome, PhD, of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and colleagues followed a cohort of students at five public high schools in suburban and rural Minneapolis, randomly selecting 455 (225 girls; mean age, 15 years) for wrist actigraphy to track sleep and activity.

Mental Health and Covid 19

Here is an excerpt from a doctors perspective on how serious Covid is in America, in your neighborhood, your town.