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The Mental Health Impact of the COVID Pandemic: A Major Life Stressor

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Air date: Thursday, April 15, 2021, 12:00:00 PM
Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views: Total views: 687 (471 Live, 216 On-demand)
Category: COVID-19
Runtime: 01:00:57
Description: COVID-19 Scientific Interest Group

Dr. Simon is a professor of psychiatry and director of the Anxiety and Complicated Grief Program at NYU Langone Health in New York. She joined NYU in 2016 upon a distinguished 20-year research career at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, where she specialized in the clinical investigation and treatment of panic disorder, social anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and complicated grief.

This presentation will focus on the impact of the COVID pandemic and exposure to COVID-related deaths on mental health with a focus on anxiety, stress, trauma, and loss. Topics covered will include a discussion of the pandemic as a major life stressor; what is known about its impact on stressor-related conditions; COVID pandemic-specific factors that increase risk for negative mental health outcomes after death or loss exposures; and risk factors and approaches to support mental wellness after death of a loved one. In addition, some recommendations and considerations for supporting mental wellness and addressing the mental health impact of the pandemic will be discussed.

For more information go to https://oir.nih.gov/sigs/covid-19-scientific-interest-group
NLM Title: The mental health impact of the COVID pandemic : a major life stressor / Naomi Simon.
Author: Simon, Naomi M.
National Institutes of Health (U.S.). COVID-19 Scientific Interest Group.
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Abstract: (CIT): This presentation will focus on the impact of the COVID pandemic and exposure to COVID-related deaths on mental health with a focus on anxiety, stress, trauma, and loss. Topics covered will include a discussion of the pandemic as a major life stressor; what is known about its impact on stressor-related conditions; COVID pandemic-specific factors that increase risk for negative mental health outcomes after death or loss exposures; and risk factors and approaches to support mental wellness after death of a loved one. In addition, some recommendations and considerations for supporting mental wellness and addressing the mental health impact of the pandemic will be discussed.
Subjects: Anxiety
COVID-19--psychology
Grief
Pandemics
Stress, Psychological
United States
Publication Types: Lecture
Webcast
 
NLM Classification: WC 506.7
NLM ID: 101779260
CIT Live ID: 41456
Permanent link: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=41456

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