Mental Health
Commentary
Reproductive psychiatry during the COVID-19 pandemic
Conference Coverage
COVID-19: Psychiatrists ‘more than a match’ for crisis moment
Physicians can step up by fighting misinformation, holding leaders accountable, and tackling inequities, Dr. Patrice A. Harris said.
Commentary
COVID-19: Loss and grief without an expiration date
The lack of certainty about when the losses caused by the pandemic will end makes it difficult to process and mourn appropriately, Dr. Dara...
From the Journals
COVID-19: Experts call for ‘urgent’ global action to prevent suicide
An increase in suicide related to COVID-19 is not inevitable provided preventive action is prompt, the group notes.
From the Journals
COVID-19: Experts hasten to head off mental health crisis
Across the two surveys, respondents’ primary concern was anxiety, which was cited in 750 responses.
Feature
Cautionary tale spurs ‘world’s first’ COVID-19 psychiatric ward
It wasn't long before all but two of the unit's 103 patients in South Korea's Daenam Hospital were positive for the virus.
Commentary
COVID-19 crisis: We must care for ourselves as we care for others
It’s a good time to consider developing plans for maintaining physical, mental, and social health.
Opinion
Hospitalist well-being during the COVID-19 crisis
It is in adversity that we will find our strength as a hospital medicine community.
From the Journals
COVID-19 pandemic spells trouble for children’s health
School closures could noticeably worsen the epidemic of childhood obesity that already threatens many children in the United States.
From the Journals
COVID-19: Mental illness the ‘inevitable’ next pandemic?
“Communities and organizations could consider training nontraditional groups to provide psychological first aid,” the authors wrote.
Commentary
Life in jail, made worse during COVID-19
“Psychiatrists and other providers have an opportunity to fix things from the inside out,” Dr. Elizabeth Ford said.