Resources for Coping with Covid-19

To download this list of pandemic resources as s printable PDF, please see bottom of page.

• The APA’s comprehensive resource page concerning the impact of coronavirus, including FAQs about telehealth, reimbursement, standards for therapy and testing, licensure, and resources for professionals, students, researchers, faculty, and older adults, resources and recommendations for self-care, coping, anxiety reduction, managing grief, and fostering wellbeing: 
  https://www.apa.org/practice/programs/dmhi/research-information/pandemics
  
  
• APA guidance on telehealth, including technology solutions, emerging changes in policies, checklists, consent form recommendations, etc.:
  https://www.apa.org/members/your-growth/practice-management/telepsychology
  
  
• Information about further expansion of telehealth coverage for Medicare recipients
  https://www.apaservices.org/practice/clinic/covid-19-medicare-billing-reimbursement-change

• Self-care for psychologists during the COVID-19 outbreak 
  https://www.apa.org/news/apa/2020/03/psychologists-self-care
  
  
• Wellness webinars for psychologists
  http://pages.apa.org/wellness-webinars/
  
  
• Coping in the era of coronavirus: A webinar for students
  https://www.apa.org/education/coping-webinar-students
  
  
• Individuals, couples, and families: Optimal psychological survival in the era of coronavirus. Recorded webinar with Marina Bluvshtein, PhD (including information about parenting practices and interactions between couples):
  https://www.adlerpedia.org/concepts/55#resource-561
  

• Video from Jeffrey Zeig:  Dealing with Coronavirus Anxiety
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ34DbKyX3U&t=461sjeff
  
  
• Article about how complex trauma symptoms may get reactivated in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic or other crises:
  https://www.complextrauma.org/still-scared-after-all-these-years-traumatic-stress-reactivated-in-a-time-of-global-cris
  
  
• Breathing/mindfulness exercise video geared toward Spanish-speaking populations
  -- in Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdKseHgbXVQ&feature=youtu.be
  -- In English:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNDJ_O3-Ve8&feature=youtu.be

• Mental health guide for people of color, from Oberlin University:
  https://www.oberlin.edu/mrc/mental-health-guide

• FREE self-paced online Yale course, “The Science of Well-Being,” concerning how to be happier in your everyday life:
  https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being?ranMID=40328&ranEAID=EHFxW6yx8Uo&ranSiteID=EHFxW6yx8Uo-yHhLZzjiEOd2E_qAaJOV_w&siteID=EHFxW6yx8Uo-yHhLZzjiEOd2E_qAaJOV_w&utm_content=10&utm_medium=partners&utm_source=linkshare&utm_campaign=EHFxW6yx8Uo

• Staying Active During the Coronavirus Pandemic from ExeRcise is Medicine and the American College of Sports Medicine
  https://www.exerciseismedicine.org/assets/page_documents/EIM_Rx%20for%20Health_%20Staying%20Active%20During%20Coronavirus%20Pandemic.pdf
  
  

• Virtual tours of 12 famous museums:
  https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours

• Nature-related activities you can do at home, from The Chicago Botanic Gardens:
  https://www.chicagobotanic.org/nature_and_wellness

• “Nature Moments” on Wednesdays from 12-1pm CST – the Chicago Botanic Gardens shares scenes occurring that day on the Gardens grounds:
  https://www.facebook.com/chicagobotanicgarden/?ref=br_rs

• Virtual hiking experiences at the Morton Arboretum:
  https://www.facebook.com/MortonArboretum/videos/939294696492916/
  

• Free month trial of The Great Courses – online:
  https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/lp/t1/freemo?source_id=FREEMO&utm_source=Social_Media&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=1000733&fbclid=IwAR2JO_EGyN6KsRjHlCvxfkM5XkHlgjW0uLqnX93cRM5j4IdFOrFHJC_cXAE
  
  
• A list of live virtual concerts to watch, from NPR:
  https://www.npr.org/2020/03/17/816504058/a-list-of-live-virtual-concerts-to-watch-during-the-coronavirus-shutdown

• Free Online concerts:
  https://www.digitaltrends.com/news/the-best-free-online-concerts/

• Livestream concerts:
  https://www.vulture.com/2020/04/all-musicians-streaming-live-concerts.html

• Resources to create your own virtual choir, with friends or people around the world:
  https://www.virtualchoir.net/

• An example of a virtual choir: “Down to the River to Pray”
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BumCkswUUDA

• Free online jigsaw puzzles:
  https://www.jigsawplanet.com/

• Play Crossword | Puzzles USA Today: 
  https://puzzles.usatoday.com
  

• Washington Post free crossword puzzles
  https://www.washingtonpost.com/crossword-puzzles/

Recommendations for the transition to teaching online, for faculty, from the Higher Education Today blog:

https://www.higheredtoday.org/2020/03/30/guideposts-covid-19-learning-transition/?_cldee=cGFzemtAYWRsZXIuZWR1&recipientid=contact-a0f9a2d7d11ae511ac970050569e5b20-d495348d3cda4482b57f541c29e66615&utm_source=ClickDimensions&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=HENA%202020&esid=24f0e96c-8a72-ea11-8124-005056866fb1

 
Covid-19 Resources in Several Languages

Our colleagues at ISH have assembled a collection of new scripts and trances for working in with people who are experiencing stress in response to COVID-19.  The collection includes resources for patients who have been infected, loved ones of those infected, people worried about possible contagion, and health care providers serving these individuals. The resources are in different languages, developed by ISH members from countries around the world.

The link takes you to their page dedicated to COVID-19: Hypnosis Resources for People and Colleagues in Difficult Times:
https://www.ishhypnosis.org/news-events/news/ 

Mental Health Resources for Health Care Providers

MGH has put together a curated set of resources with a particular emphasis on materials that will be of use to providers and those they serve.
https://www.massgeneral.org/faculty-development/offices/owb

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