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Possible Implications of the Novel Coronavirus for Mood Disorders
By Merry Noel Miller, M.D. Feelings of anxiety, despair, and even suicidal thoughts may increase during the current pandemic. These feelings are especially likely to develop among those who are more vulnerable due to a mood disorder. Some will feel new...
The Forms of Informal Empire: Britain, Latin America, and Nineteenth-Century Literature
A few years ago, at a get-together in Santiago, Chile, I met a local man I’ll call Luis. Amid small talk, he mentioned that he supervises a number of his family’s copper mines in the north. When I asked him how his family came to own them, he shrugged and said...
Helping Older Individuals Manage Anxiety and Depression during the COVID-19 Crisis
By Mark D. Miller, M.D., and Charles F. Reynolds III, M.D. Let’s first define “older” as those at least age 60. This segment of the population is on track to soon become 22% of the whole. It is a heterogeneous group comprised of a reasonably healthy, mobile...
Grading the College: A History of Evaluating Teaching and Learning
I first became interested in the history of efforts to evaluate teaching and learning while co-chairing Wheaton College’s assessment committee. I learned that skeptical colleagues sometimes perceived evaluation to be an outgrowth of a campaign to disempower...
Coping with Behavioral Addictions During COVID-19
By Jon E. Grant, JD, MD, MPH Although much has been written about stay-at-home orders and people with substance addiction, little if anything has been said about how the shelter-in-place affects the approximately 10-15% of Americans (i.e. upwards of 48 million...
The “Hidden Pandemic” - The Psychological Impact of COVID-19
By George S. Everly, Jr., PhD, ABPP The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Author: The Johns Hopkins Guide to Psychological First Aid (JHU Press); Rodney Makes a Friend: Helping Your Child Develop...
Defending Privilege – Q&A with author Nicole Mansfield Wright
Some reviewers have described Defending Privilege as an explainer of the historical roots of our current political warfare. How does your book illuminate current events?These days, government leaders, cable hosts, journalists, and protestors are battling to...
How Will International Travel Change After the Coronavirus Pandemic?
By Charles E. Davis, M.D. St. Augustine famously observed that the world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page. But how many pages will we read after the devastation of the Coronavirus crisis? Will fear, the struggling global economy, and...
A Bloomsday Collection
“From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.” - James Joyce Bloomsday, June 16, is a celebration of the life of Irish writer James Joyce. Joyce's best known work, Ulysses, widely considered one of the most important works of modernist literature, follows...
“Dementia-Aware” Support for Family and Professional Caregivers Through the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Laura Wayman Whether you are a family caregiver caring for a loved one, or a professional caregiver caring for many, I am sure you will agree that dementia care brings with it a myriad of challenges that can change and shift daily even in the best of...