How Can Caffeine and Alcohol Affect Your Mental Health?
The pandemic has brought on a lot of stress to people as a result of losing people to this virus, living in social isolation, and losing a job or income. You may feel like you [...]
How Has Social Isolation Affected Older Adults?
When we experience physical pain, it is a sign from our body that we need to take care of ourselves. The same can be said when we experience loneliness in a pandemic, as it is [...]
What Makes Virtual Group Therapies the New Trend?
The traditional form of group therapy is one or more psychologists getting together with a group of people about a similar issue in person. Currently, sessions are being done online, due to the trouble of [...]
Reopened Restaurants and Bars Serve Potentially Dangerous Temptation
When restaurants and bars began closing down this past spring, it put a cramp in a lot of people’s social lives. Now that these public gathering places are reopening, people who struggle with abuse of [...]
How Can People Deal With the Anxiety of Remote Learning?
The pandemic has changed education for everybody. Zoom sessions and online learning have taken the place of in-person classes and the social structure that accompanies them. The promise of return to “normalcy” in September provided [...]
Asking Yourself If It’s Coronavirus or Anxiety
A tough question a growing number of people have been asking themselves lately is this: Is it Coronavirus or anxiety? It’s actually a two-fold question, relating to both mental and physical health. Regular Anxiety vs. [...]
Why are People Having Virtual Affairs to Cope with Their Stress?
Stress can cause you to behave in ways you would otherwise find unacceptable. According to the journal Family Process, data suggests that Americans are having virtual affairs in response to the stress and isolation caused [...]
How is COVID-19 Affecting Rehabilitation?
One of the least mentioned effects of the coronavirus pandemic is the impact it is having on people in recovery. Fear or exposure to COVID-19, the need for social distancing and regulations around safe interactions [...]
Alta Loma Provides COVID-19 Compliant Treatment
A person in need of a residential program to treat their mental illness is likely interested in COVID-19 Compliant Treatment. They may fear entering a group setting for treatment, due to safety concerns related to [...]
Can Hand Sanitizer Cause A Hangover?
With the COVID-19 pandemic on the rise, many people have been careful about washing their hands, whether it is with soap or hand sanitizer. A recent study in the journal Alcohol and Alcoholism says that [...]
