June 23, 2020
Technology can be a lifeline for many. Adolescents and young adults today have unprecedented access to online information and communities; 95 percent of American teens have a smartphone […]
June 23, 2020
A recent analysis from Well Being Trust, a national public health foundation, predicted as many as 75,000 people might die from suicide, overdose or alcohol abuse, triggered […]
June 23, 2020
Long-term, research by the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care and the Well Being Trust found that as many as […]
June 21, 2020
“People lose their jobs and they lose their sense of purpose and become despondent, and you sometimes see them lose their lives,” says Benjamin Miller, Well Being’s […]
June 19, 2020
According to Well Being Trust, the number of additional deaths attributable to COVID-19, as a result of deaths of despair, could be as high as 150,000 […]
June 19, 2020
But there’s a cost to not socializing, too, as the psychologist Ben Miller of the nonprofit Well Being Trust reports there’s an “epidemic within the coronavirus pandemic” of […]
June 19, 2020
Nearly half of people who are sheltering in place said that the pandemic has increased their stress or worry, according to a poll from the Kaiser Family […]
June 19, 2020
In addition to its physical toll, the pandemic has also negatively affected the mental health of many people, according to both the Indiana State Department of […]
June 17, 2020
Both Lurie — who is now a consultant to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations — and Tyler Norris, MDiv, Chief Executive of Well Being Trust, […]