Apocalypse now? Mortality and mental health correlates of the Doomsday Clock

Apocalypse now? Mortality and mental health correlates of the Doomsday Clock

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Jay Joerger
Jay Joerger
29 days ago

I appreciate and greatly value your contributions and always look forward to your newsletter! I like the approach of continuing to broaden the focus of the clock to better reflect the multifactorial interrelationships between individuals and society.

Jay Joerger, Ed.D.
Psychologist

Jennifer Reitz
26 days ago

I am 65, and I have never felt such despair and sadness as I have since Trump was elected this year. The entire world, not just America, is leaning into cruel fascism and willing ignorance, little is being done to oppose it, and I see the problem is the nature of Man itself.

My mental health is complete shit. It would be irrational to think that this global nightmare would not harm minds and bodies.

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