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HOW CAN WE DEAL WITH a RISE in ALCOHOL ABUSE DURING the PANDEMIC?

October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 chrisjo alcoholism, medications, moderate drinking, sobriety, substance abuse

Many anxious, isolated, depressed people during this past 18 months of pandemic living have been drinking more. Latest estimates are that more than 17 million Americans struggle with alcoholism, and often don’t receive any treatment for it even if they reveal it to a health care professional

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WHERE are WE NOW AFTER 18 MONTHS of the COVID 19 PANDEMIC?

We are approaching 18 months of living with the COVID 19 pandemic, which started mid-March 2020 in California with the announcement of the first restrictions in daily life.

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HEALTH & WELL-BEING

COVID 19 is a MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS TOO: DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, SUICIDE RISK, SUBSTANCE ABUSE

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 chrisjo Anxiety, coronavirus, COVID 19, Crisis, depression, overdose, substance abuse, Suicide

COVID 19 is a MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS TOO. Two-plus months into sheltering at home due to the COVID 19 crisis, and beginning to re-open our economy, we are in the midst of another kind of health crisis. This one has to do with psychological health and well-being.

HEALTH & WELL-BEING

AMERICANS ARE LIVING SHORTER LIVES

February 27, 2020March 13, 2020 chrisjo drug abuse, drug overdose, early death, substance abuse, Suicide

Drug overdoses, suicides, and also diseases involving internal organs have caused an increase in middle-aged deaths. So much so that the life expectancy in the US has actually declined since 2014 after increasing for the previous 60 years. The largest increase in deaths was in New England and the Ohio Valley. (Ken Pope: US Life Expectancy Down in Recent Years After Increasing for Decades).