A: Bring awareness to how you feel, draw on your current strategies, and work towards acceptance of uncertainty. Things seem to be in a state of change and you may feel like you are on a rollercoaster. New guidelines, unknowns about return to work and school, and changing expectations about how our lives will be …
R. No tema… la Dra. Aparna Kumar, especialista en salud mental, ¡está aquí para hablar sobre esta condición! 😢 ¿Qué es la languidez? Languidecer es vivir pero tener poca alegría, propósito o objetivo. Es pasar por los movimientos de la vida diaria, pero no sentirse bien al respecto. También puede resultar difícil dar los siguientes …
Q: It seems like COVID-19 can have some short and long-term effects on the brain. What is the likelihood that psychiatric issues will arise in COVID-19 survivors?” THE QUICK ANSWER: We do not yet know if SARS COV-2 can get to the brain (cross the blood brain barrier), but we have some evidence that more …
A: Pandemic fatigue can be defined as being in a fight or flight state for an extended period of time. This can cause a stress like reaction, which eventually leads to behavioral fatigue. In other words, initially many of us were fearful of the new virus and abided by restrictions such as limiting gatherings, avoiding …
R: A medida que se acerca el verano en Norte América ☀️, la gente comienza a aumentar de peso. Pero su salud es más que un número. Aquí hay algunas ideas que le ayudarán a concentrarse en lo que realmente importa. Quizás haya notado que su ropa 👚 no le queda igual. Quizás sus patrones …
P: ¿Hay manera de preparar para los impactos a la salud mental a causa de COVID-19? Siento que voy a tener una especie de trastorno de estrés postraumático. R: A continuación la Dra. Aparna Kumar, enfermera psiquiatra de salud mental, nos habla sobre los aspectos de la salud mental del reingreso a la normalidad en …
R: Algo llamado “fatiga de compasión” puede estar contribuyendo a esto- a medida que la tragedia por la pandemia del COVID-19 crece, especialmente en países fuera de EE.UU. como en latinoamérica, nos resulta más difícil procesar pérdidas tan enormes. La fatiga de compasión suele ser experimentada por el público en general como un sentimiento de …
Let’s talk a moment to talk about screens (and yes, we realize that you are reading this on a screen right now 😂). Still, all this screen time is changing the way we live and almost all of us are spending too much time on our screens (phones, computers, laptops, and others). Here are a …
A: If you love them and want to continue to be in relationship with them, focus on the common ground instead of the areas where you disagree. From masks to vaccines, from coverups to conspiracy theories and beyond, global news (and all the politics that come with it) dominated personal conversation in the last year. …
Do not fear….Dr. Aparna Kumar, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, here to talk about this! 😿 What is languishing? It is living but having little joy, purpose, or aim. It is going through the motions of daily life but not feeling good about it and maybe even not being able to take the next steps. …
