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The Hidden Cost of Caregiving: Stress, Anxiety and Coping Mechanisms
Under the Cortex
23 minutes 37 seconds
9 months ago
The Hidden Cost of Caregiving: Stress, Anxiety and Coping Mechanisms
As populations age, the need for informal caregivers is increasing. As individuals step up to provide care for loved ones in need, they face their own mental health challenges.
In this episode, Under the Cortex features Michael Kramer from the University of Zurich who recently published an article on this topic in APS’s journal Psychological Science. Özge Gürcanlı Fischer Baum starts the conversation with questions on the mental health decline of caregivers. Kramer highlights that caregiving doesn’t happen in isolation and discusses how contextual factors such as family conflicts and economic struggles play a significant role in the decline of overall well-being.
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Under the Cortex
The podcast of the Association for Psychological Science. What does science tell us about the way the think, behave, and learn about the world around us?
