Mary R. Talen, PhD
Mary R. Talen is a psychologist.
Conditions and Diseases
So you've been vaccinated, and some of your close friends have been vaccinated, the weather is getting warmer, and you are beginning to feel like it might be safe to see a few folks in an outdoor, controlled setting. In-person.…
So you’ve been vaccinated, and some of your close friends have been vaccinated, the weather is getting warmer, and you are beginning to feel like it might be safe to see a few folks in an outdoor, controlled setting. In-person. For the first time in a year. After the initial relief and post-vaccine euphoria begin to fade, a new sensation begins to emerge. Let’s call it “post-pandemic in-person panic” disorder.
At …
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Strategies for managing post-pandemic in-person panic
Conditions and Diseases
For weeks, our health care workforce has been on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic staring straight at mortality - their patients and their own. They have been single-mindedly focused on the task at hand, doing what needs to be…
For weeks, our health care workforce has been on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic staring straight at mortality – their patients and their own. They have been single-mindedly focused on the task at hand, doing what needs to be done while instinctually suppressing their emotional response. The job requires this, and they have done it well.
Yet, the tragic suicide of Dr. Lorna Breen has brought focus in a devastating …
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Flattening the curve of COVID’s emotional impact
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