The social effects can be drastic as well. Nearly 90 percent of young people in the juvenile justice system report having experienced the death of…
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Parents, Stop Talking About the ‘Lost Year’
“You had a sort of a sense of resilience and ‘grit,’ even prepandemic that I think served them well,” she said. “I do see an…
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Many Mayors Cite Covid Burnout as a Reason for Their Exit
NEWBURYPORT, Mass. — Donna Holaday is the kind of mayor who does not say no to an invitation. She shows up for lesser ribbon cuttings,…
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How to Be Social Again
Now, everyone is trying to navigate conflicting threat levels in a way that used to be specific to those populations, she said. Cues that used…
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You Can Be a Different Person After the Pandemic
For those who can’t afford therapy, digital tools might soon be available. In a recent study of 1,500 participants, Mirjam Stieger, a postdoctoral researcher at…
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‘When It Is Summer in the Light, and Winter in the Shade’
That has been my mistake. My feelings about the past few dark months changed when, by algorithmic chance, I came across “Wintering,” a memoir by…
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We Have All Hit a Wall
“So many things seem like so much more work than my brain can possibly manage,” she said: sending routine emails, brushing her teeth after every…
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How Covid Can Change Your Personality
It’s hosting a dinner party and noticing that somebody’s glass is nearly empty. It’s having a stranger on a plane confide something in you and…
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Suicide and Self-Harm: Bereaved Families Count the Costs of Lockdowns
LONDON — Sunny, driven and with a new engineering master’s degree in hand, Joshua Morgan was hopeful he could find a job despite the pandemic,…
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We’ve Spent Over a Decade Researching Guns in America. This Is What We Learned.
In the span of a week, two acts of public violence have stolen the lives of 18 people and provided a stark reminder of the…
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