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UCI Podcast: Mental health and self-isolation

Psychologist Jessica Borelli discusses how to stay safe, sane while social distancing

April 29, 2020
UCI Podcast: Mental health and self-isolation
Associate Professor Jessica Borelli studies the links between close relationships, emotions, health and development. UCI

Jessica Borelli, UCI associate professor of psychological science, studies the links between close relationships, emotions, health and development, with a particular focus on the risk for anxiety and depression. In this special UCI Podcast, she discusses how to stay safe and sane during social distancing. Major disruptions in your daily bodily rhythms can be a sign that something is wrong, so Borelli recommends taking advantage of home confinement to maintain your health and add fun family activities to the mix.