Anxiety & Stress Disorders

Nearly 40% of physicians are reluctant to seek medical care for a mental health condition. There is discrimination in medical licensing, difficulty retaining hospital privileges, and interruptions in professional advancement. A secret remains untreated and stigma continues.

While it may be challenging to differentiate between OCD and other anxiety disorders, using a multi-informant assessment and understanding the content of a patient’s fears is a fundamental start to outlining an effective treatment plan.

In this video, Neda F. Gould, PhD, discusses her work in mindfulness for patients as well as faculty. She describes what mindfulness is and how it can be useful for stress management, and she will walk through a practice session.

Joseph Cofrancesco Jr, MD, MPH, remembers his brother who died of complications from COVID-19, intubated, sedated, and alone.

In just 3 months, the virus has changed the lives of our psychiatric patients and of psychiatry forever. What are the next best steps?

The 90s were the decade of the brain. We thought we could master science, but the more we learn, the more complex things become. Sandra Steingard, MD, shares her thoughts in this video.

Practical suggestions about how we can approach these stressful times in peace and joy.

Amidst the fear, worry, and uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, each day seems to bring news that is worse than the day before.

How can psychiatry constructively address our nation’s crisis?

Emergency Psychiatry: Principles and Practice has something for everyone and is easily applicable to emergency and primary care.

Thoughts on how we celebrate with our patients when they achieve a milestone in their work or convey a more finely tuned awareness of themselves.

The economic fallout of the pandemic may continue for years resulting in prolonged unemployment and an increasing percentage of the population with untreated serious mental health problems.

Dr Jessi Gold provides quick tips for health care professionals to practice self-care during this difficult time.

As we get past the surge (fingers crossed) of COVID-19, the two most striking pathologies we are seeing are a much greater volume than usual of delirium as well as persistent encephalopathy.

After so many weeks of sheltering in place, watching the news, and not going to restaurants or other public places due to the pandemic, how do we re-engage and re-integrate slowly and maintain calm?

Beyond unsettling our minds, the current pandemic unsettles our souls in ways we are just beginning to understand. Just as the COVID-19 virus attacks the respiratory tract, the pandemic itself can assault the soul. Dr Pies identifies five manifestations of the crisis.

In this video, Samantha Gnanasegaram, MD, a psychiatrist New Hampshire Hospital, Concord, NH, talks about the challengers of being a clinician in the days of the coronavirus pandemic.

Some health care workers have been particulary vulnerable to the stress of uncertainty and loss of control engendered by the COVID-19 pandemic, illustrated by 3 cases presented here.

Shifting the internal narrative can enhance resilience.

Guidance for mental health care practitioners to better explain the complexities of the current crisis to their patients.

Yujuan Choy, MD, Chief Psychiatrist at UC Irvine Counseling Center, provides tips for working with patients whose anxiety symptoms disrupt their quality of life.

Patients with bipolar disorder often find it difficult to maintain schedules and routines, all the more challenging with the COVID-19 pandemic. More in this video.

For all educators, this is a time of great uncertainty, yet we must continue to engage and encourage students interested in pursuing careers in psychiatry, as well as facilitate comparable virtual clinical experiences for students

Local, state, and federal officials are rushing to implement massively life-altering measures in the current pandemic even as we enter a situation that is still poorly understood.

Richard Berlin, MD, recites "COVID-19," by Dr Chris Fitzpatrick. It is a series of haikus strung together to highlight the many moments in hospitals that are happening everywhere in the world. This. Very. Moment.

The public is gripped by fear of COVID-19 and by worry over whether the health system will be able to treat them or their loved ones should they become ill. Consequently, clinical and public health efforts have focused on acute medical care needs of those who are severely affected, while containing the virus’s spread in the population.

Michelle Riba, MD, shares her thoughts on the days ahead.

Ronald Pies, MD, offers advice on talking to patients about spirituality during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Virtual happy hours abound, but this is also quite worrisome, especially for those struggling with alcohol and substance use. Alternative solutions are offered in this video.

While anxiety, depression, loneliness, substance abuse. and domestic violence are inevitable consequences of physical isolation and reduced socialization from coronavirus, emotional strain is not limited to COVID-19.