This website is designed to educate the psychological, medical, and addiction communities and the public about pandemic-related psychological stress and trauma, how to cope with it, and, importantly, how to recognize opportunities for positive change that facilitate resilience and post-traumatic growth.
Who we are:
- Medical and Addictions working group of the COVID-19 Psychology Task Force (established by 14 divisions of the American Psychological Association)
- Members of the Trauma Division of the American Psychological Association (APA)
- Experts in psychological trauma
- Experienced in medical, addiction, and other clinical settings
Our blog:
Psychological Trauma, Coping, and Resilience: COVID-19 and pandemics
Our goal is to support:
- Frontline staff as they cope with overwhelming psychological experiences.
- “Unsung heroes”—the nonmedical essential workers such as housekeeping, dietary, and administrative staff —as they cope with the stresses of working in COVID-19 facilities.
- Healthcare leaders in embracing a psychologically informed leadership.
- Mental health, addiction, and spiritual practitioners in helping their patients.
- Mental health, addiction, and spiritual practitioners in relieving their own compassion fatigue and burnout.
- Frontline staff and healthcare leadership in avoiding burnout.
- People with COVID-19 as they cope with their illness experiences.
- Families of those affected personally or professionally by COVID-19 in helping their family member while coping with the family dynamics resulting from the illness.