COVID Is Not the Only Public Health Problem Facing America
By Rosemary Tisch - When parents use alcohol and other drugs, kids suffer: There is more stress on parents, which can lead to more child maltreatment.
Making Space for Remembering While Grieving During COVID-19
By Janet Plotkin-Bornstein, PhD - The COVID-19 pandemic can elicit grief for losses past and present. An expert creates a space for remembering as a way to honor those who are gone.
Vicarious Trauma, Mirror Neurons, and COVID-19
By Betsy Gard, PhD - Witnessing others in pain can cause vicarious trauma. What happens when empathy becomes too much? Tips and suggestions for coping and resilience.
The Collective Trauma of the Black Community in 2020
By Traci Gardner, MD and Jeremy Christopher Kohomban, PhD - Implications for COVID vaccines
What Can I Do if My Family Member Is in the COVID ICU?
By Irina Wen, PhD - Family members of COVID patients in the ICU may feel scared, anxious, and hopeless. These tips can help manage one’s feelings and promote resilience during these difficult times.
3 Ways to Grieve When Your Grief Has No Place to Go
By Patricia A. O’Gorman, PhD - We are all dealing with loss upon loss. The loss of our old life, an anniversary of the death of a loved one, all intensify our professional struggles in helping our patients.
Managing Emotional Distress in the Hospital and ICU
By Ethan Lester, PhD - Just the thought of the ICU can cause emotional distress. A clinical psychologist teaches patients, families and medical caregivers how to cope.
Making an Emotional Recovery Together In the COVID-19 ICU
By Ethan Lester, PhD - Hospitalized patients and families are drastically affected by COVID-19. An ICU psychologist discusses what they can do together to promote emotional recovery.
The Psychological Trauma of Having a Loved One in the ICU
By Maureen O’Reilly-Landry, PhD - The miracles of modern medicine can save countless lives. But they also leave space for psychological trauma. Here is one mother's story of her son in the ICU.
On the COVID-19 Battlefield
By Patricia A. O’Gorman, PhD - Addiction is the epidemic within the pandemic. A substance abuse expert teaches resilient coping in the face of the trauma of COVID-19.
When Pandemic Trauma Hits Home
By Maureen O’Reilly-Landry, PhD - What does psychological trauma look like during a pandemic? Inspired by family on the front lines, a psychologist finds her own mission to spread the word on coping and resilience.
Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on You
By Patricia O’Gorman, PhD - The well-being of hospital, health care, and addiction workers, patients, and families suffers under the pandemic. A psychology task force comes to the rescue.