Mar
17
2020
Roxane Cohen Silver, professor of psychological science, medicine, and public health, spent decades studying collective traumas like mass violence, natural disasters, and disease outbreaks like coronavirus. She tells Inverse …. there is value in taking a break from anxiety-producing content, Silver says. It's okay to press pause on the steady flow of news and check in on your health, all the while staying in the know. … “I'm not at all endorsing denial or putting one's head in the sand,” Silver says. “I'm suggesting that people be thoughtful, careful and proactive in their seeking of new information.”