Anxiety & Stress Disorders

Videos

Even individuals who escaped from the burning towers needed years to recover.

Surviving 9/11

Articles

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.

Dear Mental Health Innovators: The COVID-19 Honeymoon Is Almost Over

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”?

From Tragedy to Realism: The Role of Optimism in Pandemic Recovery

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.

25 Years After the Oklahoma City Bombing

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.

Resilience, Not Panic, in a Time of Pandemic

What can psychiatrists do to help their patients cope with self-quarantine and isolation practices? More in this podcast.

PsychPearls: Battling Loneliness During the COVID-19 Pandemic

These are hard times, but they get a little easier when we make the decision to unite and go through them together.

Exploring the Role of Psychiatrists in Disasters

Psychiatrists are exploring ways to best serve their patients while complying with the medicolegal restrictions of the coronavirus. Here: approaches to best leverage telemedicine for patients with ADHD.

Best Practices in Using Telemedicine for ADHD During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Slideshows

Psychiatric Times has collected information to answer your most pressing questions, including how to prepare your office and staff, resources for patients, and information you need to implement telepsychiatry.

Mental Health Resources and Guidance: Coronavirus

Poll

In this time of uncertainty, sometimes we need to refocus on what’s important. Take a deep breath, and then tell us, what do you think of when you see this image? An image IQ.

Disaster Psychiatry

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