Avoiding media-fueled psychological distress
UC Irvine-led experts call for public education about risks of exposure to graphic images, such as those from Israel-Hamas war
July 08, 2024
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Roxane Cohen Silver
Exploring tragedy’s aftereffects
Twists of fate influenced Roxane Cohen Silver’s groundbreaking work
June 14, 2024
Roxane Cohen Silver elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Renowned scholar recognized as international expert in the field of stress and coping
April 24, 2024
UCI Podcast: Managing media intake amid traumatic times
Roxane Cohen Silver on how graphic images from catastrophic events depicted in the news may affect health
November 21, 2023
NSF supports research studying how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine affects Americans
Roxane Cohen Silver leads UCI team awarded a RAPID grant to begin survey
May 02, 2022
Study links rising stress, depression in U.S. to pandemic-related losses, media consumption
UCI researchers suggest providing mental health services to those with the greatest need
September 18, 2020
Repeated novel coronavirus media exposure may be linked to psychological distress
Earlier UCI studies found adverse health outcomes from heightened stress response
March 23, 2020
UCI study is first to explore veterans’ grief, an overlooked toll of war
Responses to combat deaths, comrade suicides have mental health consequences
November 06, 2019
UCI-led study deepens understanding of the effects of media exposure to collective trauma
According to a new UCI-led study, it’s not just how much media exposure an individual has to collective trauma but also the graphic quality of what one sees that may make a person more vulnerable to trauma-related mental and physical health problems over time. The team analyzed the results from more than 3,000 anonymous online […]
October 11, 2019
Anxiety after 2018 false missile alert in Hawaii lingered for days, UCI researchers find
Big data study is first to capture real-time psychological responses to false alarm
July 25, 2019