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May 10, 2021
May is mental health awareness month and if the pandemic has spotlighted anything, it s that our mental well-being matters.
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We’re not in the stage where everyone is hunkered down at home, but we’re not back to that pre-COVID normal either. And for some, this in-between phase can be stressful. How to cope, is nuanced. If someone is stuck at home for more months of this isolation, some people love it. Other people are really tired of it, said Dr. Eric French, medical director of adult psychiatry, Medical Center of Aurora in Colorado. We have been isolated from the people that we care about. We have extra responsibilities for those of us who are parenting or who have aging parents, said Dr. Flavia Desouza, a board-certified psychiatrist and assistant professor at Howard University.
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For more than a year..story after story of racial injustice. But for many.racial trauma is centuries in the making.
“The very basic level is just thinking about the effects of racism, and these racial injustices on us as individuals, especially in black and brown communities,” explained Neuroscientist and Addy Hour Host Nii Addy.
Racial trauma can be from centuries of systemic oppression or a single personal incident.
“Maybe you ve encountered some derogatory language yourself that can lead you to to worry about those interactions, that can make you be afraid, it can make you have sleep difficulties,” said Erlanger Turner an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Pepperdine University and the founder of Therapy for Black Kids.
May 3, 2021
Collective suffering, mass trauma, pandemic PTSD, whatever you call it, a shared terrible event can leave people feeling powerless.
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The pandemic’s not fully over, and already has taken so much from so many. Time, jobs, livelihoods, loved ones..the tremendous impact it s had on our lives, the way we function is something experts say we can heal from. I really do feel like we re going to see a lot more trauma disorders that come out of this, Dr. Eric French, Medical Director of Adult Psychiatry, Medical Center of Aurora, said. In a pandemic, we re exposed to stress or maybe more likely to develop a mental health issue, Flavia Desouza, Board Certified Psychiatrist and Assistant Professor at Howard University, said.
Experts predict more trauma disorders after collective suffering of coronavirus pandemic
By: Newsy Staff
and last updated 2021-05-03 14:25:22-04
The coronavirus pandemicâs not fully over, and already it has taken so much from so many; time, jobs, livelihoods, loved ones, the tremendous impact it s had on our lives. The way we function is something experts say we can heal from. I really do feel like we re going to see a lot more trauma disorders that come out of this, Dr. Eric French, Medical Director of Adult Psychiatry, Medical Center of Aurora, said. In a pandemic, we re exposed to stress or maybe more likely to develop a mental health issue, Flavia Desouza, Board Certified Psychiatrist and Assistant Professor at Howard University, said.