Open AccessCaring for patients with posttraumatic stress and substance use disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Author(s) -
Anne N. Banducci,
Nicole H. Weiss
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psychological trauma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.059
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1942-9681
pISSN - 1942-969X
DOI - 10.1037/tra0000824
Subject(s) - psycinfo , pandemic , covid-19 , posttraumatic stress , social isolation , social distance , psychiatry , mental health , substance use , population , isolation (microbiology) , psychology , mental illness , medicine , clinical psychology , medline , environmental health , virology , political science , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , law , biology
Although COVID-19 is a physical illness, it has had large impacts on mental health. For many individuals, social distancing has led to social isolation; individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders are at a particular risk for negative outcomes due to the global pandemic. Here, we discuss the impacts we have noticed and procedures we have implemented to care for this population during the pandemic. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).