Tips for Maintaining Good Mental Health During the Coronavirus Shutdown
Listen to Dr. Young's interview, on the Daily Detroit podcast, where he discusses the psychiatric implications of isolation from one another while needing to remain indoors as the coronovirus pandemic spreads. Dr. Young explains how RCBM is continuing to provide full services to their patients through telemedicine. Listen here:
The spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus is creating anxiety and stress, compounding mental health challenges as people hunker down and ponder what’s next.
Dr. Joel Young, the founder and our medical director here at Rochester Center for Behavioral Medicine, was interviewed on the Daily Detroit podcast over the weekend, where he spoke about the effects of the shutdown on people’s mental health and offered some advice for staying positive.
“There are not that many external crises that come into our doors,” Dr. Young said on the show. “It's quite remarkable… Because we're all trying to figure out our new world order. This whole idea that even our kids probably can't play with each other, which is just devastating because everyone's becoming more isolated. And we're making these moment-to-moment transitions. So people are, on top of their pre-existing issues of anxiety and depression, are now faced with these life changes.”
RCBM remains open for our existing and new patients using Zoom, a HIPAA compliant videoconferencing technology platform, to provide counseling to patients. We are also taking phone appointments and making sure our patients can continue to receive the medications that they need.
In the interview, Dr. Young also offers some practical tips about staying informed on the latest coronavirus information while also taking care of yourself physically and mentally and trying to keep your children safe and calm.
