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How Does COVID Affect Mental Health?

"We’ve known for a long time that there’s a link between viral infections and mental health," said Dr. Maura Boldrini.

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COVID-19
With $16 Million Gift, Columbia Establishes Treatment Center and Clinical Trials Network for Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases

“Like COVID-19 ‘long-haulers,’ many people with tick-borne diseases were completely well until their infection precipitated a cascade of chronic, multi-system effects,” says Dr. Brian Fallon.

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Mental Health
What to Do About Self-Care Fatigue

Self-care is about "being proactive and engaging in certain behaviors that promote resilience, well-being, and the overall maintenance of health," said Dr. Lourival Baptista-Neto.

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Mental Health
Which Suicide Prevention Strategies Work?

Columbia researchers conducted a systematic review, determining which suicide prevention strategies work, and are scalable to national levels.

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Depression

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Columbia Psychiatry Partners with New York Public Library to Support NYC Communities Hardest Hit by COVID-19

May 14, 2021

Columbia Psychiatry and the NYPL have joined forces in a public health initiative to assist NYC's Black and Latinx neighborhoods dealing with the mental health fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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COVID-19
COVID-19 Updates and Information From Columbia Psychiatry

April 21, 2021

Coronavirus Updates from Columbia Psychiatry

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COVID-19
6 Sneaky Ways Pandemic Trauma May Pop Up As Things Go Back To Normal

Source:

HuffPost

April 21, 2021

“Uncertainty and unreliability — not having the security of knowing what happens yet — has been traumatizing at a core level, from the very beginning,” said Dr. Maureen O’Reilly-Landy.

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COVID-19
The 'Amazing Grace' of chaplains in the pandemic

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CNN

April 19, 2021

Chaplains "help patients and families to find meaning, purpose and hope when confronting death, and frequently mediate conflicts between patients and the medical staff," writes Dr. Robert Klitzman.

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COVID-19
Confessions From Your Zoom Therapist: Do Diagnoses Matter?

Source:

Psychology Today

April 17, 2021

"I never imagined that I would be attempting to calm my patients’ fears in the midst of a global pandemic during my first two years as a faculty psychologist," writes Dr. Courtney DeAngelis.

Topic

Anxiety
Re-entry anxiety is real. What doctors say you should do about it.

Source:

NY1

April 16, 2021

"My advice is to go back, but do it slowly, cautiously and with great understanding of the fears people are experiencing," Dr. Yuval Neria said.

Topic

Anxiety

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