News Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Significant increase in chronic anxiety and depressive symptoms in young adults
07th July 2023Since the corona outbreak, the number of young adults with moderate to severe chronic anxiety and depressive symptoms has increased sharply. In the year before the corona outbreak, 16.7% of 18-24-year-olds suffered from moderate to severe chronic anxiety and depressive symptoms. They were experiencing these complaints in March 2019, November 2019 and in March 2020. In the year after the corona outbreak, this had increased to 21.4%. This translates to an increase of about 73,000 young adults.
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Four Tilburg researchers receive NWO Open Competition SSH XS funding
06th July 2023The awards of round 4 of the Open Competition SSH XS pilot programme are a fact. Four researchers of Tilburg University will start with a promising idea or an innovative and high-risk initiative. There is plenty of room for experimentation and innovation. We congratulate Alexandra Hering, Christine Liebrecht, Kevin van Schie and Inge Timmers with this grant.
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Impact of war on people with intellectual disabilities in Ukraine
04th July 2023New research paints a worrisome picture of the impact of the war on people with intellectual disabilities in Ukraine. Even more than others they suffer from a lack of basic needs, shelter or abilities to flee the war. It is about time for more inclusive disaster preparedness, says professor Petri Embregts of the Academic Collaborative Center 'Living with intellectual disabilities at Tilburg University.