Phone-Snubbing Friends Can Be a Sign of Mental Illness
Aug. 25, 2021 -- Phone snubbing: You may have done it, or someone you know is guilty of it. It happens when one person ignores another to pay attention to…
‘It’s been really tough watching my friends go out’
Holly, Chris and Delyth have all spent much of the past year shielding at home, because they are considered to be "clinically extremely vulnerable".Although the advice to shield ended in…
Friends, Family Key to Turning a ‘No’ on Vaccination to a ‘Yes’
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Public health officials and government workers are trying everything they can to promote COVID-19 vaccination — advertisements,…
What Are the Different Types of Relationships?
Gone are the days where you could describe your relationship status simply as single, married, or divorced. These days you could find yourself anywhere from talking and hanging out, to…
Friendships Post-COVID: Resume, Repair, or Replace?
Marvin Roca Jr., public relations associate, Los Angeles. Arianna Varas, executive assistant, New York City. Amy, journalist, Southern California. Robin Ian MacDonald Dunbar, PhD, professor of evolutionary psychology, University of…
Ending a Friendship
After his father died, Paul Marlow, a 36-year-old mental health advocate in Surrey, British Columbia, was at a turning point. “I saw I needed a change,” Marlow says. He wanted…
How to Make New Friends
Good friends are good for you.“Good friends bring so many colors of happiness in your life by relieving stress, giving comfort, and removing loneliness,” says Amber O’Brien, PsyD, a psychologist…
Talking to Family and Friends About Your Drinking
Alcohol use disorder, sometimes called alcoholism, is a disease that tells you that you don’t have a disease. One of its many unspoken rules is that you must keep it…
Fundraising friends raise thousands for hospital
Hughie and his friend Freddie raised thousands of pounds for the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, where Hughie is a patient with leukaemia.Freddie ran two kilometres every day to raise the…
Half of Americans Know Someone Impacted by COVID
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Oct. 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of all Americans have been personally affected by COVID-19 at this point in the…