How Do I Prepare My Child to Go Back to School?
As children head back to school—whether in person or virtually—parents may have some concerns about how they will adapt to a new, potentially stressful academic year. Aliza Pressman, PhD, Co-Founding Director and Director of Clinical Programming for the Mount Sinai...
Five Things to Know About Providing Psychiatric Care to COVID-19 Heath Care Workers
COVID-19 has taken a tremendous toll on health care workers including doctors, nurses, trainees, students, social workers, and support staff. The trauma and grief of losing patients, the anxiety over potentially exposing family members to the virus, and fears of...
Can I Receive Mental Health Care While Social Distancing?
Living through the COVID-19 pandemic can cause stress, anxiety, and depression, not to mention feelings of loneliness and isolation. But when we are under orders to stay at home, it is hard to get help for these issues. Fortunately,...
COVID-19 and Employee Mental Health: A Five-Tier Model of Support
New York City is an epicenter of COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, and the Mount Sinai Health System has spearheaded an array of clinical and organizational innovations to mitigate the crisis. To address the mental health consequences, departments across the...
COVID-19: Managing Anxiety and Depression
The outbreak of COVID-19 is challenging all of us to cope in new ways. For people with depression and anxiety, life can seem overwhelming in normal times. Rachel Yehuda, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai...
How Epidemics Affect Our Mental Health
Craig Katz, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Global Health, is the founder and director of Mount Sinai’s Global Mental Health Program. He organized the psychiatric response to 9/11 in New York City through an organization he co-founded, Disaster Psychiatry...