COVID 19 Support and Resources

 

Name

Source & Link

“Coping with Stress”

US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC):

https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/suicide/copingwith-stresstips.html

“Mental Health and Coping During COVID-19”

US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC):

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/coping.html

“Taking Care of your Emotional Health”

US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC):

https://emergency.cdc.gov/coping/selfcare.asp

“Helping Children Cope with Emergencies”

US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC):

https://www.cdc.gov/childrenindisasters/helping-children-cope.html

RedBook Online COVID-19 Outbreak page

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP):

https://redbook.solutions.aap.org/ss/rbo_outbreaks_page_3.aspx

Q&A on coronaviruses

World Health Organization (WHO):

https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses

Coronavirus & Mental Health: Taking Care of Ourselves During Infectious Disease Outbreaks

American Psychiatric Association (APA):

https://www.psychiatry.org/news-room/apa-blogs/apa-blog/2020/02/coronavirus-and-mental-health-taking-care-of-ourselves-during-infectious-disease-outbreaks

Coronavirus & Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreaks Response

Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS):

https://www.cstsonline.org/resources/resource-master-list/coronavirus-and-emerging-infectious-disease-outbreaks-response

Taking Care of your Family during Coronavirus Fact Sheet

Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS):

https://www.cstsonline.org/assets/media/documents/CSTS_FS_Corona_Taking_Care_of_Your_Family.pdf.pdf

Research Information: Pandemics

American Psychological Association:

https://www.apa.org/practice/programs/dmhi/research-information/pandemics

Five ways to view coverage of the Coronavirus

American Psychological Association:

https://www.apa.org/helpcenter/pandemics

Speaking of Psychology: Coronavirus Anxiety

American Psychological Association:

https://www.apa.org/research/action/speaking-of-psychology/coronavirus-anxiety

Parent/Caregiver Guide to Helping Families Cope with COVID-19

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network:

https://www.nctsn.org/sites/default/files/resources/fact-sheet/outbreak_factsheet_1.pdf

Just for Kids: A Comic Exploring the New Coronavirus

National Public Radio:

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/28/809580453/just-for-kids-a-comic-exploring-the-new-coronavirus

Talking to Teens & Tweens about Coronavirus

The New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/02/well/family/coronavirus-teenagers-anxiety.html

Changing the Way we Live and Work. How do we Cope?

 

Working Together as Parents During Coronovirus      Free Video for parents from Smith College School of Social Work

PATIENT COMMUNICATION FOR COVID-19  
https://practicingexcellence.com/patient-communication/

  • Tip #1:  The Worried Well—Three messages strategies for worried, yet healthy patients.
  • Tip #2:  The Anxious Exposed Patient—Four communication methods or managing a fearful exposed patient
  • Tip #3:  High-Rise Patients Who Have COVID-19—A four-step approach to conversations with high-risk patients
  • Tip #4:  Patients Requesting COVID-19 Testing—Three steps for managing COVID-19 test requests from non-qualifying patients.
  • Tip #5:  Visitor Restrictions—Two recommendations for communicating with family members of patients.
  • Tip #6:  To Die Alone—Two reminders for caregivers who have conversations with the loved ones of dying patients.

TELEHEALTH ESSENTIALS
https://practicingexcellence.com/telehealth_essentials/

  • Part 1—Five steps for every telehealth visit to help the encounter to go well for the caregiver and the patient.
  • Part 2—Four proven clinician patient connections actions that are key to a successful video visit.
  • Part 3—Three must-do, failsafe techniques for deepening communication with patients on video visits.
  • Part 4—A four-step process to evaluate COVID-19 patients on a video visit.
  • Part 5—Tips and best practices from a frontline physician to enhance patient connection on a video visit.
  • Part 6—The story of how one organization successfully managed a rapid transition to thousands of video visits.