COVID-19

COVID-19 may lead to changes in personality and behavior, which require treatment across the continuum of care.

Times are hard but they are easier if we get through them together. Omar Reda, MD, provides activities and insight on ways to actively care for yourself and your family.

While COVID-19 has certainly caused a physical health pandemic, it is taking a heavy toll on mental health too, to the point that strategic action is clearly needed.

In the early days of the pandemic, there was debate about whether clinical services for patients with psychiatric illness were “essential.” The evolution of psychiatric consultation-liaison services to medically hospitalized patients was no less complex.

Drug-drug interactions are complicating COVID-19 treatment. Read what you need to know to keep yourself and your patients safe before and during COVID infection.

Issues of well-being, especially during a disaster or pandemic, are not going to disappear. Dr Cross Hansel talks suicide prevention week and how to get patients back to their pre-pandemic mental health state.

Dr Miller offers advice on making sure you have enough medication when self-isolating.

We have learned that in order to provide much-needed social support during difficult times, organizations should prepare to take certain steps.

We can make treatment work during this pandemic, no matter how or where, even if it is from the bathtub with the door locked. Listen as Dr Turban talks more.

COVID-19 is the most devastating pandemic in recent history, and it has taken a huge toll. Here are some tips to take into consideration when advocating for your safety and the safety of your patients.

Job loss may negatively impact your patient’s mental health. Read about how you can help.

Social distancing and virtual happy hours may tempt you to reach for the alcohol. Dr Packer explains why tea is a better alternative.

Dr Frances discusses how best to deal with emotional and economic problems if you are working on the frontlines of this pandemic.

There are epidemiological and clinical reasons why we should drop that term.

The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected people of color due to legal, social, and economic inequities.

Dr Aiken gives tips to feel more connected to your patient and become more aware of their lives.

While helping each other, we oftentimes forget to preserve our own health. Dr Gold recommends tips for maintaining your own peace of mind.

At the heart of reopening is protecting both population health and economic health.

Pharmacists are here for you, through the thick and thin of this pandemic, and can provide assistance to those who have lost their jobs or need help acquiring medications.

If we acknowledge our feelings of grief and loss over the pandemic, we can begin to come together, encourage hope, find meaning, and stay connected. Dr Morganstein talks on this.

The pandemic has brought into focus treatment barriers, disruption in care, and possibly negative outcomes in the mental health of university students. To better understand the specific challenges of out-of-state students, the authors conducted an anonymous national survey of college psychiatrists.

Dr Aftab reflects on his own worries about COVID-19 and offers tips to help guide what sort of future we are looking to create for ourselves during, and post, pandemic.

Politics have gotten in the way of mask-wearing, and they should not.

There are things within our control: catching coronavirus may not be one of them.

Mental health providers who battle a pandemic may find that it unsettles their deepest sense of self.

Frontline workers are being hailed as heroes, and while their bravery should be commended, we need to acknowledge them for what they are before their profession: people.

Addiction is a disease of social nature. The interruption of normalcy, even for those in a period of sobriety, can be especially hard on patients with addiction.

Wordsworth showed us stress and anxiety can be combatted with simple joys, like flowers. Dr Packer elaborates further.

Dr Lavretsky invites us to use the pandemic as a chance to build good habits, explore spiritual avenues, and start new routines.

The pandemic hit everyone hard, but what implications and consequences has it had for the older generations?