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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 351

Anxiety

Illustrative image of a former French soldier at the 'Athos' house - a place that welcomes veterans with traumas - in Toulon, southern France, on May 26, 2021. (Nicolas Tucat / AFP)
April 17, 2024, 10:17 am
As anxiety surges during war, Israeli GenAI platform can ease psychiatrists’ workload
A new cutting-edge platform, developed at Sheba Hospital in the wake of October 7, substantially streamlines intake of patients for mental healthcare
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative image of man looking anxious and depressed. (OcusFocus/iStock)
January 29, 2024, 3:20 pm
New Israeli study uncovers molecular connection between anxiety and testosterone
Ben-Gurion University researchers use cutting-edge genetic sequencing to connect the dots between a protein in the brain, low male hormone levels, and mental condition
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Staff of the new Hofim Center for youth in psychiatric crisis at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv. (Miri Gattenyo/Ichilov Hospital)
August 14, 2023, 5:34 pm
Teen mental health crisis center opens at Ichilov Medical Center
In Tel Aviv, Hofim Center’s short-term, intense therapeutic model aims to address major increase in depression, anxiety, OCD and other disorders seen in Israeli youth post-COVID
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: People take cover during a rocket warning siren in Sderot, southern Israel, November 12, 2019. (AP Photo/ Tsafrir Abayov)
April 10, 2023, 9:34 am
How to help yourself and others when acute anxiety hits during rocket attacks
As calls for emotional support spike, mental health professionals say it’s normal to be highly stressed when the country is under attack on multiple fronts, as it was in past week
By Renee Ghert-Zand
This Dec. 13, 2011, photo shows workers inside Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
September 18, 2022, 10:36 am
Facebook directly linked to decline in mental health, new study says
While previous research established correlation between social media platform and increased anxiety and depression, study in American Economic Review finds direct causation
By Ash Obel
Illustrative: A young woman sits alone (torwai; iStock by Getty Images)
May 23, 2022, 2:38 am
Report finds 360% increase in violence, anxiety among youth after pandemic’s onset
The Elem welfare organization received 1,682 complaints of sexual violence in 2021, a 230% increase from 2019, pointing to COVID as a catalyst for several such trends
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image: Fatigue, brain fog, and depression are among the symptoms of long COVID. (Ridofranz vis iStock by Getty Images)
March 23, 2022, 5:06 am
Big data shows mental health issues spiked during pandemic among teen girls
Huge Israeli study reveals markedly higher rates of depression, stress, anxiety, eating disorders, and associated medication among girls, though experts say boys impacted as well
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative image: a bootle of Prozac (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
May 18, 2021, 11:55 pm
Israeli study: Food supplement could lower Prozac dosage, reduce side effects
Taken alongside drug, plant-derived substance shown to reduce dose needed to calm mice; researchers hope this could translate to humans
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative -- Israeli students wearing face masks return to a school in Yad Mordechai, March 7, 2021. (Flash90)
April 16, 2021, 12:37 pm
Study: 1 in 5 Israeli kids have clinical anxiety symptoms amid pandemic
Research finds ultra-Orthodox children mostly unaffected; majority of kids had difficulties with online classes
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: People wearing face masks walk on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem on December 7, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 8, 2020, 6:36 am
Pandemic plunging Israelis into depression, depleting ‘bounce back’ ability
A third of Israelis have high anxiety and one in five has high levels of depression, study indicates, with young adults hit hardest
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative photo of a young girl at home during coronavirus lockdown. (iStock photo/ lakshmiprasad S)
November 25, 2020, 4:27 am
US experts: Ongoing coronavirus health crisis taking toll on kids’ mental health
Frontline workers, child therapists find anecdotal evidence for higher rates of problem behaviors, depression, and anxiety in children as adults also struggle to cope with pandemic
By Cathryn J. Prince
Boston Jewish community teens. (Courtesy of Jewish Teen Initiative of Boston)
May 27, 2020, 3:39 pm
Virtual initiative promotes teen well-being, mental health in COVID-19 crisis
Families face multiple challenges as they shelter in place together for months and the busy lives of adolescent children are put on hold indefinitely
By Renee Ghert-Zand
In this photo provided by Brett Seidl, Jonathon Seidl sits in his home office in Dallas on March 18, 2020 (Brett Seidl via AP)
March 25, 2020, 10:07 am
They already had an anxiety disorder. Then came a pandemic
For some conditions, health officials’ recommendations can appear to feed the problem with advice to avoid crowds and to wash hands frequently
By Malcolm Ritter
Mom-daughter co-authors Deborah Grayson Riegel and Sophie Riegel (courtesy)
February 18, 2020, 2:25 am
Mother and teen daughter pen self-help books for fellow anxiety sufferers
19-year-old Sophie Riegel gives inside glimpse into life with mental illness in memoir, offers helpful strategies in manual co-written with mom Deborah Grayson Riegel
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Five-year-old Tahel Dahan lies on the floor in the fetal position in Sderot, November 1, 2019 (social media)
November 2, 2019, 11:55 pm
‘Her whole body shook’: Photo of 5-year-old cowering amid rockets goes viral
Sara Dahan speaks of daughter’s anxiety in face of rockets, and her tendency to lock into a fetal position when sirens sound: ‘She was born into this situation. It breaks you’
By ToI Staff
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