by CMAJ News | Mar 5, 2021 | Archive, Latest, Robin Blades
Protecting the brain against bad news Robin Blades, with files from Lauren Vogel | March 5, 2021 Training the brain to look on the bright side may counter doomscrolling. People are consuming more news, and more negative news, during the pandemic, potentially...
by CMAJ News | Jan 21, 2021 | Archive, Diana Duong, Latest
Frozen grief at the frontlines of the pandemic Diana Duong | CMAJ | January 21, 2021 Pandemic precautions are disrupting the ways doctors and nurses cope with the deaths of patients. If there was a mood that defined 2020, it was a collective sense of grief. Everyone...
by CMAJ News | Jan 13, 2021 | Archive, Diana Duong, Latest
Quebec doctor’s death highlights pandemic toll on health workers Diana Duong | CMAJ | January 13, 2021 Medical leaders are raising concern about increasing pressures on healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic following the suicide of Dr. Karine Dion, a...
by CMAJ News | Dec 16, 2020 | Archive, Greg Basky, Latest
Canada will have three-digit suicide prevention hotline by 2023 Greg Basky | Saskatoon, Sask. | December 16, 2020 A national suicide prevention service will provide 24/7/365 crisis support. Sixteen people in Bill Pringle’s life have died by suicide – four in the past...
