EP 14 Stress Management & Mental Health

31 July 2020

Brief Description: 
Lockdown has brought about unique stress to our lives and mental health. Mental Health continues to be a topic that is both prevalent yet underserved and within this episode we aim to explore it further as well as look into some of the studies being conducted on Co-Vid within these times.

Hosts: Cameron Scott & Kagiso Rabada
Featured Guest: Dr. Sahba Besharati 
Research, Writing and Pre-production: Yalezo Njuguna
Editing: Gareth King
Social Media: Julianne Scott
Production Team: Claudia Somjen and Shelby Kuhn

Research Source Material

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mental-health-strengthening-our-response

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2015/07/24/loneliness-is-a-mind-killer-study-shows-link-with-rapid-cognitive-decline-in-older-adults/#45acde2e7aec

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/22/upshot/how-social-isolation-is-killing-us.html

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/COVID19InternationalCollaborationZA

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7H827JC

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wm-organizationalbehavior/chapter/consequences-and-costs-of-stress/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephaniedenning/2018/05/04/what-is-the-cost-of-stress-how-stress-is-the-business-worlds-silent-killer/#427921716e06

https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1000316

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275451776_Hobbies_and_Vices_Book_Lovers_and_Nerds_Discursive_Management_of_the_Digital_Media_Environment