Congratulations to Tom Hollenstein on receiving one of 13 COVID-19 Rapid Response funding awards! Tom will be examining the use of digital technology to inform universities, clinicians, and policymakers as they make recommendations for coping with the emotional fall-out of social distancing.
Monica Castelhano and Effie Pereira demonstrate that the influence of context on the dynamic and integrative nature of attention is much broader than previously thought, furthering our understanding of these mechanisms in the real world.
Congratulations to Queen’s Psychology PhD student Stéphanie Gauvin on receiving a Love Consortium Graduate Student Research Grant that partners her with Dr. Jessica Maxwell (Queen’s Artsci’11 Honours Psychology/Concurrent Education) of the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Students have important questions related to jobs and careers, and these questions have become more pressing as we cope with COVID-19. In this video Meghan Norris, Undergraduate Chair in Psychology, raises common student questions related to jobs and careers in the context of COVID-19 with Cathy Keates, Director of Career Services.
The Brief Telepsychology Service will provide short-term psychological services via videoconferencing technology with clients in their homes. The service is designed for adults, children, youth and families struggling with adjustment or stress, and focuses on maximizing emotional and physical well-being by improving skills for coping with stress.
“Children notice disruptions in daily routines and they pick up on parents’ anxieties, which are both unavoidable during a stressful situation like this one,” says Dr. Tess Clifford, Director of the Queen’s Psychology Clinic. “There are, however, ways we can communicate and educate that can help our children cope with the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 and our response to it.”
With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, more and more people are finding themselves confined to their homes for most of the day. Queen’s University researcher Judith Davidson is one of Canada’s leading sleep experts and says it is normal to have some degree of sleep difficulty in times of uncertainty and when our daily routines have been suddenly altered.
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