Mental health
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Ahead of his speech at Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) conference in Washington DC, US President Donald Trump commented on Saturday’s hostage releases. “We had the hostages given back today,” he said to reporters ahead of his address. “It’s disgraceful what’s going on there. They’re not in great shape, but we’ve also seen them in…
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Everyone deals with stressors in life, but each person responds to difficult situations differently. The way you manage life stressors is known as a coping mechanism. There are two main types of coping mechanisms: adaptive and maladaptive. Generally, adaptive coping mechanisms tend to include healthier ways of coping, while maladaptive coping mechanisms are usually less…
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Resilience is the ability to face adversity, overcome challenges, and grow from the experience. Being resilient doesn’t mean you don’t have difficulties but rather that you’ve developed tools to move through hard times and learn from your experience. Resilience allows people to find meaning in challenging circumstances and foster the strength to face new obstacles…
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Liam Payne’s final hours have been detailed by a judge as five people are charged over his death. Three people have been charged with negligent homicide – similar to manslaughter in UK law – and two have been charged with supplying drugs, the Argentinian Public Prosecutor’s Office said. The 31-year-old pop star died after he fell from a…
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Popular media personality, Toke Makinwa has challenged the popular assumption that single individuals are lonely and sad. Countering the widespread ideology that people’s happiness is tied to being married, the media personality stated that many single individuals lead content and fulfilled lives. Speaking on her X handle, she called for a mindset shift as the…
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: When Unwanted Thoughts or Repetitive Behaviors Take Over What is OCD? Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a long-lasting disorder in which a person experiences uncontrollable and recurring thoughts (obsessions), engages in repetitive behaviors (compulsions), or both. People with OCD have time-consuming symptoms that can cause significant distress or interfere with daily life. However, treatment…
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As Nigeria grapples with worsening economic conditions, citizens are increasingly raising alarms about the impact on their mental well-being, with anxiety, depression, and even suicidal thoughts on the rise across the nation. Amid skyrocketing costs of food, transportation, and healthcare, the economic crisis has severely reduced purchasing power, leaving millions struggling to meet daily necessities…
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More details about the moments leading up to Liam Payne’s death have emerged. The 31-year-old singer died after falling from his hotel room balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Oct. 16. A 911 call made from the hotel just minutes before Payne’s death shows that the hotel staff feared for…
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Jamie Foxx is back at the mic after his recent health scare. “It was an excruciating time to be able to open those wounds every single day for three nights,” Foxx told CBS Mornings’ Gayle King in a backstage video posted by King and the Oprah Daily account to Instagram on Monday. Foxx and his team were celebrating the final…
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A mother who hit her six-year-old son more than 100 times with a belt because he was misbehaving was sentenced to 13 months’ jail on Friday (Aug 2). On top of the beating, the woman also punched the boy, made him do a handstand and kicked and slapped him. A gag order was imposed by the court…
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Amid current disruptions in global economies, some individuals who experienced life-threatening traumas from the COVID-19 pandemic are helplessly struggling with anxiety, depression, stress, and workplace bullying. Other high-impact triggers of mental health issues are exclusion from the decision-making process, poor communication, task-oriented management practices, lack of team cohesion, and inflexible work schedules. Sadly, senior managers…
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From a psychological perspective, work stress influences employees’ psychological states, which, in turn, affects their effort levels at work (Lu, 1997; Richardson and Rothstein, 2008; Lai et al., 2022). Employee performance is the result of the individual’s efforts at work (Robbins, 2005) and thus is significantly impacted by work stress. However, previous research has provided…
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Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak—as a typical emergency event—significantly has impacted employees’ psychological status and thus has negatively affected their performance. Hence, along with focusing on the mechanisms and solutions to alleviate the impact of work stress on employee performance, we also examine the relationship between work stress, mental health, and employee performance. Furthermore, we…
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Police in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh said Wednesday that a bomb threat received by the mental health institute of Government Medical College and Hospital was fake and nothing suspicious was found in and outside the site. The institute’s administration informed police that they received an email about the bomb threat on the hospital…
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Mariah Carey refuses to read anything about herself. The 55-year-old singer has been one of the biggest stars in music for more than 30 years but admitted that one of her “coping mechanisms” when it comes to dealing with having worldwide fame is to avoid looking at anything that is written about her. She told…
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