Job Loss, Unemployment and Mental Health

by COVIDSupportVT | Oct 14, 2021

Self-Care Critical to Job Seekers’ Long-Haul Resilience When the coronavirus pandemic forced lockdowns and closures last spring, tens of thousands of Vermonters became unemployed practically overnight. Nationwide, more than 10 million jobs were lost. Eighteen months...

Mental Health in an Unequal World

by COVIDSupportVT | Oct 6, 2021

World Mental Health Day Shines Light on Mental Health Inequities  “Mental Health in an Unequal World” is the focus of this year’s World Mental Health Day (October 10). The theme was chosen unanimously by the members of the World Federation for Mental Health...

Financial Hardship and Mental Health

by COVIDSupportVT | Sep 21, 2021

Covid Highlights Interplay of Financial, Emotional Wellness When Covid-19 hit and the world shut down, billions of people lost their jobs virtually overnight. The economic fall-out has been population-wide, but it has not been felt equally by all of society. The...

Stemming a Mental Health Tsunami

by COVIDSupportVT | Sep 9, 2021

Top Expert Outlines 4 Steps to Mitigate Long-Term Complications The coronavirus pandemic and its resulting social and economic disruptions have fueled a mental health crisis of unprecedented proportions. And many experts are concerned that it’s going to get worse...

Supporting College Students’ Mental Well-Being

by COVIDSupportVT | Aug 17, 2021

What to Do When Back-to-School Means Back-to-Stress Whether it’s the first time or the fourth, heading off to college can be a time of excitement. For many, the exhilaration of new beginnings can be tinged – or flooded – with stress and anxiety. And that’s in a normal...