Psychology Around the Net: April 25, 2020

This week’s Psychology Around the Net is, unsurprisingly, heavy on COVID-19 news. Get tips on how to build a psychological first aid kit, the latest on how coronavirus quarantine could affect different kids, ways your media consumption is traumatizing you, and more. Be well, friends! How to Build a “Psychological First Aid Kit”: The American Mountain Guides Association recently published “Stress and the Resilience for Coronavirus” which is a collection of mental health resources designed by Laura McGladrey, a National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) instructor. McGladrey is also a nurse practitioner who specializes in emergency medicine and psychiatry and the guide was designed to help mountain guides dealing with the stress of COVID-19. However, as Outside‘s Tracy Ross points out, this guide is useful for everyone during the coronavirus pandemic and Ross used it as a springboard for this list of tips to get through this time. Will Coronavirus Quarantine Mess Up My Kid’s Mental Health for Life? Probably Not. But Poor Kids Are at Risk: Experts are still gathering data, but the general consensus for now is that most kids will come out of this pandemic all right, with young children being poised to bounce back even better than older adolescents and teens. However, generally a child’s resilience is tied to his family’s stability and safety, and kids from already vulnerable families (thinks money problems, food insecurity, po...
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