COVID-19 Worsens Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder—but Therapy Offers Coping Skills
The pandemic has heightened OCD phobias such as fear of germs. Yet some patients say experience with anxiety, and treatment for it, gives them an advantage
To Process Grief over COVID-19, Children Need Empathetic Listening
The pandemic creates both a need and an opportunity to help kids deal with difficult emotions
Mental Health after COVID-19
In the wake of the pandemic, there will be an even greater need for help in the face of loss, isolation and trauma
Roots of Mental Illness
Researchers are beginning to untangle the common biology that links supposedly distinct psychiatric conditions
Helping Kids Cope with COVID-19 Worries
The psychological state of children may need special attention during COVID-19 impacts and isolation.
Zoom Psychiatrists Prep for COVID-19’s Endless Ride
An epidemiologist points to new stresses in the U.S. mental health system that may persist from the novel coronavirus pandemic
How to Keep COVID-19 Conspiracies Contained
An expert on climate denial offers tips for inoculating people against coronavirus conspiracy notions.
Psychological Trauma Is the Next Crisis for Coronavirus Health Workers
Hero worship alone doesn’t protect frontline clinicians from distress
A Monday Is a Tuesday Is a Sunday as COVID-19 Disrupts Internal Clocks
A global natural experiment examines the time warp of life under quarantine
Why Oxytocin Is Incredible and How to Get More of It
Here are some cool facts about this amazing hormone and how you can help your brain to release more of it
We're Being Tested
President Trump pointed out yesterday that if we didn't do any testing for the virus we would have very few cases, which forces us to confront the issues posed by testing in general.
During COVID-19, Healers Need Healing, Too
A physician’s suicide reminds us that the plague of COVID-19 creates deep emotional wounds in health care workers