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COVID 19 and Mental Health Innovations April 5 2020 During the last nearly 50 yearly of working as a psychiatrist in India and nearly 40 years of work in disasters/conflict situations, I have not seen the type of focus on emotional health that I have seen during the last fortnight. The ‘pandemic’ has reminded everyone... Continue Reading →
Isolation and mental health: psychological impact of lockdown Azera Parveen Rahman The Hindu, Apr 4 2020 (emphasis added-Murthy) A review published recently in Lancet, which studied the psychological impact of quarantine during previous epidemics such as SARS, found proof of a range of conditions. It is past noon and Mehtaj, 39, a teacher in Assam,... Continue Reading →
Coronanvirus (Expert View) | Mental health in the time of COVID-19 | The Hindu In Focus Podcast Zubeda Hamid APRIL 02, 2020 As the COVID-19 relentlessly sweeps across the globe, many countries are in some form of lockdown with people being asked to stay at home and limit all forms of social interaction. With the... Continue Reading →
Emotional Health during the Pandemic The emotional impact of pandemic can be understood by a statement made, over 102 years back, during the 1918 Spanish Flu, by the Father of the Nation, Sri. Mahatma Gandhi: ‘This protracted and first long illness in my life thus afforded me a unique opportunity to examine my principles and... Continue Reading →
Emotional Health of Health Workforce “ the new coronavirus has made all the easy stuff hard”- from the New Yorker We are living in challenging times. Of the many population groups, the group most challenged are the providers of essential services in general and the health workforce in particular. The nearly universal practice of social... Continue Reading →
Mental Health and COVID 19 Webair by National Academy of Medicine and American Public Health Association, Apr 1,2020. National Academy of Science Engineering and Medicine, Washington, The Science of Social Distancing: Part 2 April 1, 2020 | 5:00 to 6:30 pm ET The second COVID-19 Conversations webinar will discuss benefit-risk analysis of social/physical distancing strategies,... Continue Reading →
March 30,2020. IPS Position Statement for Government <img (this is the word document of the official statement, emphasis added-Murthy) The COVID-19 pandemic is a great challenge for India. The pandemic has disrupted functioning of all spheres of life, beyond expectations. Governments across the world are taking unprecedented steps to curtail the spread of illness and... Continue Reading →
Books useful for Disaster mental Health Care Compiled by Prof.R.Srinivasa Murthy 1. ADVANCES IN DISASTER MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT. Edited by J.O.P.Diaz, R.Srinivasa Murthy, Rashmi Lakshminarayana. Indian Red Cross-VHAI.2006.. 2. Psychiatry of Pandemics A Mental Health Response to Infection Outbreak, Damir Huremović Editor, SPRINGER, 2019. 3. Disaster Psychiatry,-Readiness, Evolution and Treatment. Edited by F.J.Stoddard,... Continue Reading →
Navigating the Coronavirus Pandemic-Personal thoughts-3 ‘REACHING THE UNREACHED’ CHALLENGES: In most places, only emergency medical services are available, and only to those who have access to personal means of transport. So, essentially, the global lockdowns substitute one set of morbidity and mortality with another. I hope that medical scientists will keep track of the trade... Continue Reading →
IPS President’s Message on COVID-19 Pandemic Prof. P K Dalal, President, Indian Psychiatric Society, Head, Department of Psychiatry, KGMU, Lucknow Dated: 21-3-2020 (emphasis added) Dear Colleagues, The COVID-19 pandemic is great challenge for us, and it has disrupted our daily lives in personal and professional spheres beyond our expectations. Governments across the world are taking... Continue Reading →
