Webcast: COVID-19, How to Avoid Chronic Sleep Problems Before They Get Started, 4/15/20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_K4LKYRwc4 About this forum In this online forum, Dr. Karestan Koenen hosts Dr. Donn Posner, president of Sleepwell Consultants, to address changes and concerns related to sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Posner shows how acute insomnia can…
Webcast: How the Discomfort of Grief Can Help Us: Recognizing and Adapting to Loss During the COVID-19 Outbreak, 4/8/2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4n1lrGobok About this forum Dr. Karestan Koenen welcomes Dr. Kathy Shear from the Center of Complicated Grief at Columbia University to join Drs. Christy Denckla and Archana Basu for an online discussion on ways to foster adaptation to…
Webcast: Managing Stress: Grounding Strategies for Dealing with the COVID-19 Pandemic, 4/1/2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMjHUxZsC5g About this forum In this forum, Drs. Amantia Ametaj and Dr. Kristina Korte discuss ways to manage uncomfortable emotions that inevitably arise for almost all of us when coping with the COVID-19 pandemic and the needed public…
Webcast: COVID-19 and Resilience in Uncertain Times, March 25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxtL7cGnZlE About this forum In this forum, Dr. Christy Denckla and Dr. Karmel Choi join Dr. Karestan Koenen to cover basic concepts about stress and resilience, focusing on concrete skills and tips for coping during these uncertain and…
Webcast: COVID-19 and Mindful Parenting, March 18
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yimjPExQczQ] About this forum In this forum, Dr. Archana Basu and Dr. Karestan Koenen review evidence-based information shown to promote coping and resilience for children and discuss how parents can develop a self-care plan that centers around…
Webcast: COVID-19 and Mental Health, March 11
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PJ13sccihU About this forum In this introductory forum, Dr. Karestan Koenen and colleagues discuss the mental health consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak. Dr. Koenen presents her motivation and goals for the web forum series, Dr. Archana Basu provides…
Unraveling the lasting effects of PTSD on women
Women are more than twice as likely as men to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and roughly 10 out of every 100 women experience PTSD, according to news reports. An October 9, 2019 Washington Post article explored…
Boosting mental health capacity in Ethiopia
Psychiatrist and researcher Atalay Alem spoke about his efforts to boost mental health services and research in Ethiopia, and received an award.
With mental health and justice for all
Jasmine Hall, SM ’19, wants to know what drives—and what damages—mental and neurological health. Her hometown’s water crisis lends urgency to her work. May 21, 2019 – Jasmine Hall won’t ever forget the exact date that the water…
How #MeToo has both helped and hurt survivors
While the #MeToo movement has empowered many people to share long-concealed stories of sexual harassment or assault and prompted a national conversation about these topics, the movement has also generated a backlash that shames and sometimes threatens victims,…