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MENTAL HEALTH 2

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JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Feb 6, 2021
Surviving the depths of winter in Japan amid a pandemic
Social media is full of helpful advice on coping with tough times in the cold.
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WORLD / Society
Jan 30, 2021
A pandemic is hard enough. For some, being single has made it harder.
“One day I realized it had been three months since I had touched a human being,” one man said.
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CULTURE / Books
Jan 16, 2021
'Wintering': A memoir of hope for embracing dark and lonely times
A few weeks ago, The Financial Times published a sobering essay on an urgent subject: loneliness in the time of COVID-19. Written by the paper’s Chicago correspondent, Claire Bushey, it described what it has felt like to live by yourself in this miserable year.
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BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2020
Psychedelics replace cannabis as the new favorite edgy investment
Early stage investors are predicting substances such as psilocybin and Ibogaine have an even better shot than cannabis at disrupting the $70 billion market for mental health.
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 12, 2020
Rising suicide figures reflect many women’s despair in a pandemic
Almost as anguishing as having no future is having an unknown one.
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MULTIMEDIA
Dec 9, 2020
I achieved my wildest dreams. Then depression hit.
I’d spent my life training for the Olympics, but I wasn’t prepared for what came next.
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JAPAN
Nov 11, 2020
Japan suicides rise as economic impact of coronavirus hits home
Of October's cases, 851 were women, a rise of 82.6% over the same month in 2019. The number of suicides by men rose 21.3%.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 2, 2020
TELL takes its fundraisers online ahead of holiday rush
Nonprofit counseling service TELL holds an auction to help fund its Lifeline as the holidays approach.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 10, 2020
Nearly one-third of COVID-19 patients in study had altered mental state
Some who have had the virus have found themselves unable to manage daily activities like cooking or paying bills.
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JAPAN / Society
Oct 9, 2020
Suicide spike in Japan shows mental health toll of COVID-19
The numbers hint at what may be going on around the world as countries grapple with the fallout from mass unemployment and social isolation.
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Oct 3, 2020
COVID-19 accelerates the irritation in society we all feel
“If a married couple can't get along in a pandemic, who can?”
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OLYMPICS
Sep 17, 2020
Professor helps Japanese athletes deal with mental health after Olympic postponement
Some who had hoped to compete in this year's games have found the mental challenges of COVID-19 disruption more taxing than its impact on their physical training.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 31, 2020
How to end America's loneliness epidemic
Making people more economically secure is the first step to ending the 'intimacy apocalypse.'
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Aug 24, 2020
A simple 'How are you doing?' can be a lifeline for stressed-out parents
Geoff Morris provides a place for parents in Osaka to entertain their kids while having a nice healthy venting session.

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