Republicans used doomsday-style ads to prey on suburban voters’ fear of crime in New York, helping to flip enough seats to capture the House. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Anxiety and Stress”
Outcry Over High School Clinic Exposes Deep Divisions on Mental Health
By Gotham Rex on June 5, 2022
American teenagers are reporting severe levels of anxiety and depression. But when Connecticut moved to expand mental health services in schools, it ran into fierce opposition in one town. Source: New York Times
Your Dog Is Not Ready for You to Return to the Office
By Gotham Rex on May 19, 2022
Pets (and their owners) prepare for the inevitable. Source: New York Times
Anxiety and Anger Grows Among Children Affected by Shootings
By Gotham Rex on April 25, 2022
“I find it really hard to admit that I’m in pain,” said a 14-year-old whose school friend was fatally shot. Source: New York Times
New York Had an ‘Epidemic of Loneliness.’ Covid Made It Worse.
By Gotham Rex on April 20, 2022
Even before the pandemic, there was an “epidemic of loneliness,” and it was affecting physical health and life expectancy. Source: New York Times
Subway Attack Proves City’s Resilience Again: ‘We Don’t Have a Choice’
By Gotham Rex on April 16, 2022
The fabled toughness of New York’s residents has helped them power through trauma and tragedy. The shooting this week is another test. Source: New York Times
Faulty Subway Cameras in Brooklyn Shooting Were Flagged Days Earlier
By Gotham Rex on April 13, 2022
Maintenance workers on Sunday inspected the cameras at the 36th Street station in Brooklyn, where a gunman wounded 10 and left 13 injured, and discovered a connection problem. Source: New York Times
Panic in Sunset Park: Gunman Who Shot 10 in Subway Station at Large
By Gotham Rex on April 12, 2022
At least 23 were injured, five critically, in an attack at the 36th Street stop in Sunset Park after a man released two smoke grenades and started shooting. Source: New York Times
Ukraine Is Their Home. They Are Not Leaving.
By Gotham Rex on April 6, 2022
“It’s so stressful for me to be on the outside,” said one New Yorker, who is trying to persuade her aunt, 83, to flee. Source: New York Times
A Broadway Conductor's Difficult Journey Back from Long Covid
By Gotham Rex on February 24, 2022
A celebrated Broadway conductor caught Covid in the first wave. Two despairing years later, he is finally reclaiming his old life, breath by breath. Source: New York Times
Is That Sniffle a Cold? Or Is It Covid?
By Gotham Rex on December 20, 2021
In New York City, the slightest runny nose has people canceling holiday gatherings and lining up for hours outside coronavirus testing centers. Source: New York Times
Overdose Deaths Reached Record High as the Pandemic Spread
By Gotham Rex on November 17, 2021
More than 100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in the yearlong period ending in April, government researchers said. Source: New York Times
The Zombie-Mall Weirdness of Going to the Movies Again
By Gotham Rex on May 28, 2021
Total escapism will have to wait, though, as we get used to watching movies with sparse, socially distant crowds and abundant rules. Source: New York Times
‘Relapsing Left and Right’: Trying to Overcome Addiction in a Pandemic
By Gotham Rex on January 4, 2021
Substance-abuse centers are shutting and relying on virtual programming, just as more and more people turn to drugs and alcohol. Source: New York Times
Some Covid Survivors Haunted by Loss of Smell and Taste
By Gotham Rex on January 2, 2021
As the coronavirus claims more victims, a once-rare diagnosis is receiving new attention from scientists, who fear it may affect nutrition and mental health. Source: New York Times