As the COVID-19 vaccine becomes more readily available and some of the mask-wearing and social distancing mandates start to be rolled back, it seems the whole world is just panting to get back to life as we knew it circa 2019. Everyone seems to be talking about how they can’t wait to see all their […]
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Treatment for drug addiction—how do patients cope in lockdown?
There are encouraging signs that people in treatment for drug addiction can manage their medication when they are entrusted with a substantial quantity of opiate substitutes and told to take it in small daily doses, finds a new ‘early insight’ report from researchers at the Universities of Bristol and Bath. Before COVID-19, it was the […]
4 tips to help kids to cope with COVID-19 anxiety
The news coverage on COVID-19 is pervasive, persistent, and in my view as a professor of psychiatry, perilous. Sometimes it seems as though the pandemic is all we talk about. As difficult as this experience is, it’s easier for educated adults than it is for children. We adults look through a lens of life experience; […]