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TikTok’s Impact on Youth Mental Health and Public Health Under-Researched, Study Finds

Digital Health Global

Despite concerns about the potential effects of social media on youth mental health, there has been limited academic exploration of TikTok’s impact. In the first part of the study, researchers conducted a systematic review of studies related to TikTok and its association with public health or mental health from 2016 to 2021.

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CVS (mental)Health – the growth of mental health @ retail

Health Populi

“CVS wants to be your therapist, too,” the Wall Street Journal reported on 31st August , discussing the plans of retail stores, Big Box and pharmacies, adding mental health services to their growing health/care portfolios. It’s not that America didn’t have a mental health crisis entering the year 2020.

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Wellness in 2023 Is About Connections, Mental Health and Science – Global Wellness Summit’s 2023 Trends

Health Populi

It’s time for us to get the annual update on health consumers from the multi-faceted team who curated the Global Wellness Summit’s annual report on The Future of Wellness 2023 Trends. Certainly mental health and financial wellness are two pillars of overall wellbeing for which employees seek support from employers.

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Getting Vaccinated Has Mental Health Benefits, Walgreens Finds

Health Populi

who have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot have a welcoming side-effect: peace of mind and mental health, according to a survey conducted by Walgreens in April 2021. ” This group of hesitant vaccine consumers were: 60% women. Most people in the U.S. Walgreens conducted the poll online among 1,500 U.S.

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Mental Health at CES 2022 – The Consumer’s Context for Wellbeing in the New Year

Health Populi

As we enter COVID-19’s “junior year,” one unifying experience shared by most humans are feelings of pandemic fatigue: anxiety, grief, burnout, which together diminish our mental health. Mental health spiked up for virtual visits and to this day, is among the medical services in highest demand for virtual platforms.

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Redefining PPE As Primary Care, Public Health, and Health Equity – The Community PPE Index

Health Populi

.” Perhaps Definition 3 in the OED could be updated by a blog published online in the September 25, 2020, issue of Health Affairs, A New “PPE” For A Thriving Community: Public Health, Primary Care, Health Equity. For more on this issue, see Health Populi here ]. In the U.S., In the U.S.,

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Generation Z is in mental health crisis – telehealth can help

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Study after study has shown that stressors such as social media, bullying, loneliness and the pandemic are causing and exacerbating a wide array of mental health challenges among high school and college kids. And those mental health statistics are quite important because of the mental health professional shortage in the United States.