Adolescents, youth and parents’ mental health during the pandemic

It is great that WHO and many countries are finally doing surveys and presenting data on mental health during the covid-19 pandemic. Canada is one of those countries and has a history of accompanying its population’s mental health through regular surveys for the past 40 years. In general, they show that moderate to severe anxiety,Continue reading “Adolescents, youth and parents’ mental health during the pandemic”

Stress, mental health and autoimmunity

Stress is an umbrella term that has been quite used in a scientific context but not only. We all know what stress concerns, mainly in its negative sense. But do we really understand how it is fundamental in the processes of becoming ill or healthy? Scientifically speaking, stress is a non-specific response of the bodyContinue reading “Stress, mental health and autoimmunity”