January 08, 2021
The pandemic has triggered an array of emotional, physical, and economic issues but in the midst of this crisis, nations have shared and learned from each other’s experiences.
December 10, 2020
From disasters and social disruptions to existential concerns, climate distress groups may not only provide much-needed support to patients but may also help psychiatry’s public health responses.
October 19, 2020
We have learned that in order to provide much-needed social support during difficult times, organizations should prepare to take certain steps.
September 09, 2020
Even individuals who escaped from the burning towers needed years to recover.
May 19, 2020
Society’s psychological reactions to a crisis can be predicted according to disaster response frameworks, which can be used to understand what to build during the evolving COVID-19 crisis, and when those innovations will prove most vital.
April 15, 2020
What is a “normal” reaction to this pandemic? How does one adapt to a new normal? How does an organization that has to downsize drastically adjust successfully, especially after the “honeymoon period”?
April 07, 2020
Most of us remember where we were when the terrorist bomb shattered our sense of peace in this usually quiet community. The shockwave travelled for miles and across time.
April 07, 2020
For an inspiring model of communal hope and resilience under a dire threat to survival over COVID-19 fears, the author turns to the Fekalists, the prisoners condemned to be sanitation workers in the Lodz ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland, his parents among them.
March 23, 2020
What can psychiatrists do to help their patients cope with self-quarantine and isolation practices? More in this podcast.
March 20, 2020
These are hard times, but they get a little easier when we make the decision to unite and go through them together.