The Second Wave: Coronavirus & Mental Health
The global novel coronavirus pandemic afflicting everyone is showing mixed signs of activity. In some countries it appears to be easing, while in others it appears to be experiencing a resurgence. It’s not at all clear when the pandemic will end, but it’s unlikely to do so before 2021.
What has become increasingly clear is that the toll of the pandemic will impact more than the people who come down with COVID-19. The mental health impact of living with a pandemic is being mostly ignored — for now.
But as the deaths continue to rise, we need to pay close attention to the cost of the pandemic’s reperc...
Source: World of Psychology - May 25, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: General Grief and Loss Health-related Mental Health and Wellness Policy and Advocacy coronavirus COVID-19 Source Type: blogs
Inside Schizophrenia: The Role Nurses Play in Schizophrenia Treatment
Some of the professionals that work most with helping people with schizophrenia are nurses. There are so many types with different skill sets. Host Rachel Star Withers and Co-host Gabe Howards learn who these often overlooked healthcare workers are.
Dr. Tari Dilks, Professor and President of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, joins with insight on what goes into being a psychiatric nurse.
Highlights in “The Role Nurses Play in Schizophrenia Treatment” Episode
[01:14] Doctor sidekicks?
[04:00] The types of nurses
[06:40] Nurse Practitioners
[11:00] Nurses specialties
[13:00] Psychiatric Nursing
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Source: World of Psychology - May 20, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rachel Star Withers Tags: Inside Schizophrenia Mental Health and Wellness Psychiatry Psychology Mental Disorder Mental Illness Nurses Nursing Psychiatric Nurse Psychotherapy Treatment For Schizophrenia Source Type: blogs
Quarantine as an Opportunity: Embracing the ‘ Pause ’ and Coming Back to Yourself
For some of us, the heavy “pause” mandated by quarantine is the first time we’ve had down time in ages. What if this forced down time is a gift? What if it’s an opportunity to get the rest and clarity we so desperately long for and need?
What can we learn from disruptions like this? How can we transform a shocking event into an opportunity for self examination and care?
It’s an odd time, to be sure. We find ourselves forced into unexpected isolation. But there is a difference between being lonely and being alone. I wonder what healing we would find if we shifted our perspective and saw this as a gift of solit...
Source: World of Psychology - May 17, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hilary Porta Tags: Inspiration & Hope Mindfulness Self-Help Spirituality coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic social distancing Source Type: blogs
Here ’s What Loneliness Can Do to You During COVID-19
“The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
Loneliness is never easy to endure, yet during times of mandatory social isolation and distancing, such as millions of Americans are experiencing during the COVID-19 pandemic, it can be particularly damaging. Among its many effects, loneliness can exacerbate and bring upon a host of mental and physical conditions.
Social Isolation and Loneliness May Increase Inflammation
A study by researchers at the University of Surrey and Brunel University London found a pot...
Source: World of Psychology - May 14, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Suzanne Kane Tags: Self-Help coronavirus COVID-19 Loneliness social distancing Source Type: blogs
The Coronavirus Outbreak is Overwhelming to People ’ s Mental Health
With the novel coronavirus outbreak of 2020 raging across the world with little end in sight, people’s mental health is starting to become seriously impacted. There’s no easy way to say this — people are struggling right now.
Stay-at-home orders, while invaluable and helping from a public health perspective, are taking their toll on people’s emotional state. And if you were already vulnerable due to a mental illness diagnosis or concern you were grappling with, the outbreak of COVID-19 has only made things worse.
The problem is that most public health experts are spending time talking about the phy...
Source: World of Psychology - May 13, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: Anxiety and Panic General Health-related Mental Health and Wellness Policy and Advocacy Coping Skills coronavirus COVID-19 Depression Source Type: blogs
Keep Petri Dishes in the Lab
By KIM BELLARD
COVID-19 is changing the landscape of our healthcare system, and, indeed, of our entire society, in ways that we hadn’t been prepared for and with implications that we won’t fully grasp for some time. As we grapple with how to reshape our healthcare system and our society in the wake of the pandemic, though, I worry we’re going to focus on the wrong problems.
Take, for example, nursing homes, prisons, and the meatpacking industry.
Anyone who has been paying attention to the pandemic will recognize that each of these have been “hot spots,R...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 12, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Health Policy Kim Bellard Source Type: blogs
Want to Stem the Rising Mental Health Crisis? Look Beyond the Usual Suspects for Help
As the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic effects spread, concerns about mental health impacts continue to grow. For example, we worry for health and human services professionals whose duties involve higher risk for trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress. Reports of global increases in family violence also suggest that there will be many violence victims and witnesses in need of mental health support. Add to this the potential effects of social isolation, health-related anxiety, and that these mental health problems may persist and worsen long after society goes back to “normal.”
And this is all happening as the Uni...
Source: World of Psychology - May 11, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lynsay Ayer, Ph.D. & Clare Stevens, M.P.H. Tags: Mental Health and Wellness Psychology Stress Suicide coronavirus COVID-19 Depression pandemic Task sharing Source Type: blogs
A Tribute to My Colleagues and All Those Working in Mental Health
During a time when the world is focused on the current COVID-19 pandemic, a physical health crisis, and all those treating the physical symptoms of this pandemic, we must not forget those who are working to treat the mental health of our nation: the mental health workers. The force of mental health workers includes nurses, counselors, social workers, physicians, and others. These individuals may not be intubating, but ask if they are implementing life-saving tactics and administering life-saving medication and the answer will be a resounding yes.
You may ask yourself what are these life-saving tactics and medications. Th...
Source: World of Psychology - May 9, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kristin Pitman, Psy.D., LPC Tags: General Psychotherapy Suicide Treatment coronavirus COVID-19 Mental Health Care Providers Source Type: blogs
A Stay-at-Home Self-Analysis
I woke up a few days ago and forgave myself. For everything. It was ok to be me and every decision I had made, good or bad, was part of my upbringing, environment and genetic make-up. It’s ok that I am anxious and battle addictions. The stay at home order has enabled me to think, to analyze and to let go.
I loved my parents, but boy, were they characters. My handsome Italian father, was obsessed with his weight and being a golf pro at a club on the south side of Chicago. That was his persona, his life, his true love. Playing golf, schmoozing and interacting with people who had a lot more money than he ever would have. Th...
Source: World of Psychology - May 8, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Felicia Carparelli Tags: Abuse Addiction Anger Inspiration & Hope Personal Recovery Addiction Recovery Anger Management coronavirus COVID-19 Divorce Forgiveness pandemic Personal Growth Self-reflection Substance Abuse Source Type: blogs
Minimizing your Risk of PTSD from COVID-19
I was recently asked if I thought the pandemic is a national trauma. The answer is a simple “Yes.” By the standards of the DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual), the volume used by mental health professionals to guide diagnosis and treatment, the COVID-19 pandemic meets the criteria for trauma.
Not all stressful events meet those criteria. The DSM-5 definition of trauma requires “actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence” (italics mine). Stressful events not involving an immediate threat to life or physical injury (such as a divorce or job loss) are not considered trauma in this definitio...
Source: World of Psychology - May 4, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marie Hartwell-Walker, Ed.D. Tags: Psychology PTSD Self-Help coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic social distancing Trauma Source Type: blogs
Substance Use Disorder in the United States
About 23 million people living in the United States have an addiction of some...The postSubstance Use Disorder in the United States appeared first onCliffside Malibu. (Source: Cliffside Malibu)
Source: Cliffside Malibu - May 1, 2020 Category: Addiction Authors: Jaclyn Uloth Tags: Substance Abuse substance abuse care substance abuse problems substance abuse treatment substance abuse treatment facility Source Type: blogs
Why People Aren ’t Talking About Substance Use Disorder
Why People Don’t Talk about Substance Use Disorder Substance use disorder can be a difficult topic for many individuals. Depending on...The postWhy People Aren’t Talking About Substance Use Disorder appeared first onCliffside Malibu. (Source: Cliffside Malibu)
Source: Cliffside Malibu - May 1, 2020 Category: Addiction Authors: Jaclyn Uloth Tags: Addiction Addiction Recovery Substance Abuse substance absuse substance abuse care substance abuse treatment substance abuse treatment facility Source Type: blogs
Wait, Other People Don ’ t Think about Suicide?
The most startling thing I’ve heard in my life is that not everyone thinks about suicide every day. Or now and then. Or even once in a long while.
Can that be?
I heard this from a co-worker a while ago. We were collaborating on a dreary project, and I joked about it being the kind of work that makes you want to kill yourself and what a relief that would be.
“I know, right?” I expected her to say. Instead, she chuckled uncomfortably, then asked if I really thought that way. When I said yes, she was taken aback and a little disbelieving.
“You never have?” I asked.
“Of course not!”
I was taken aback. And a littl...
Source: World of Psychology - April 28, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rich Pliskin Tags: Personal Suicide Depression Suicidal Thoughts Source Type: blogs
Substance Use Disorder in Adolescence
The teenage years of life tend to be some of the most stressful years. Between lowered...The postSubstance Use Disorder in Adolescence appeared first onCliffside Malibu. (Source: Cliffside Malibu)
Source: Cliffside Malibu - April 24, 2020 Category: Addiction Authors: Jaclyn Uloth Tags: Addiction Recovery Addiction Stories Children Teenagers adolescence adolescent health substance abuse teens Source Type: blogs
Substance Use Disorder with a Disability
Substance use disorder knows no bounds and that includes individuals who have a disability. Having...The postSubstance Use Disorder with a Disability appeared first onCliffside Malibu. (Source: Cliffside Malibu)
Source: Cliffside Malibu - April 24, 2020 Category: Addiction Authors: Jaclyn Uloth Tags: Addiction Addiction Recovery Addiction to Pharmaceuticals disability disabled substance abuse substance abuse treatment Source Type: blogs
