Featuring Insights From the Psych Congress Steering Committee

Waiting to Emerge From the Pandemic: What Awaits Us?
BLOG: How much energy will it take to overcome the inertia that has befallen our daily lives? Will we reenact a simulacrum of how things were before, or will we find, deep within ourselves, the capacity for reimagination of what could be?
One Year Later: Finding Hope
BLOG: At the one-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic, I turn again, as I did in March 2020, to writing to make sense of my world. I am tired, I am frustrated, and I am weary. But, like you, I am still here.
Immunization and Insurrection: Will the Better Angels of Our Nature Prevail?
BLOG: We humans are complex creatures who can hold, Shiva-like, the simultaneous capacity for tremendous creation in one hand and woeful destruction in the other.
Treating Children and Adolescents Via Telepsychiatry
In this installment of "Coping During COVID-19," Psych Congress Steering Committee member Julie Carbray, PhD, FPMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC, APRN, shares tips and learnings for treating children and adolescents via telepsychiatry.
Long-Term Effects of the Pandemic in Children and Adolescents
Psych Congress Steering Committee member Julie Carbray, PhD, FPMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC, APRN, discusses aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic which may have long-term mental health consequences for children and adolescents.
Embracing Social Connections in the Age of Social Distancing
Saundra Jain, MA, PsyD, LPC, shares strategies for maintaining social connections in the age of COVID-19 and explains the importance of social connectedness.
Global Research Initiative Assessing the Mental Health Effects of COVID-19
A general population survey launched in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic has collected responses from more than 92,000 people in 140 countries, Christoph U. Correll, MD, a co-leader of the project, said during the Psych Congress 2020 welcome…
Giving Physicians a Private Place to Turn
BLOG: The Physician Support Line launched by Dr. Mona Masood, a Philadelphia psychiatrist, started as an idea on social media, and now has more than 700 psychiatrist volunteers.
Amid COVID-19, Dr. Rakesh Jain Shares Learnings From 33 Years of Treating MDD
Psych Congress Steering Committee member and psychiatrist Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH, discusses reflections he has had during the COVID-19 pandemic about his 33 years of treating major depressive disorder.
Dr. Richard Jackson on Assessing and Monitoring TD Through Telepsychiatry
In this video, psychiatrist Richard Jackson, MD, speaks about assessing and monitoring tardive dyskinesia during telepsychiatry visits.
Three-Fold Jump in Psychological Distress During COVID-19 Pandemic
More than 13% of US adults reported symptoms of serious psychological distress in April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, up from 3.9% in 2018, according to a findings published in a research letter online in JAMA. 

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Building Mental Resiliency: Part 3
Building Mental Resiliency, a 3-part video series supporting strong mental health, was developed by Otsuka.
Building Mental Resiliency: Part 2
The Building Mental Resiliency video series features Psych Congress Steering Committee members Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH, and Saundra Jain, MA, PsyD, LPC.
Building Mental Resiliency: Part 1
Building Mental Resiliency is a 3-part video series supporting strong mental health.
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