The Coronavirus Pandemic: Grieving and Mental Health

Facebook Live Q&A with Christy Denckla, Research Associate, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Presented jointly by The Forum at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and The World from PRX & GBH

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With half a million dead from COVID-19, how does the United States mourn its losses? The pandemic has necessitated changes to funeral ceremonies and other rituals to honor deceased loved ones, while deaths from the pandemic continue. What does it mean to grieve — both as individuals and as a society– during this pandemic? And how do we bolster ourselves to cope with the scope of the loss now and in the future? Join clinical psychologist Christy Denckla and The World’s Elana Gordon in this online Q&A.

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Elana Gordon, Reporter and Producer, The World

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Christy Denckla, Research Associate in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Member of the Faculty of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital