The pandemic has exposed many teens to trauma and tested their fragile resilience. What can you, as a clinician, do to help? While teenagers have been largely spared the ravages of COVID-19, the full picture of their experience is just beginning to emerge. The...
Maria Abenes, EdD is a licensed clinical psychologist for Mindpath Health, formerly Community Psychiatry, and an advocate for the AAPI community as a Filipino women leader. The wave of anti-Asian sentiment has exposed flaws in the health care system. What can...
Community Psychiatry's Leela Magavi was featured in Verywell Mind discussing the increase in mental illness as the pandemic remains ongoing. As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, people are seeking urgent medical care for a variety of painful conditions. In a recent...
Community Psychiatry's Dr. Magavi was featured in Healthline discussing ways to cope after losing loved ones. Bob and Bano Carlos were married 53 years when they both died from COVID-19. According to their daughter, Tracey Carlos, they were inseparable. “As important...
Community Psychiatry's Rashmi Parmar, M.D. and Leela Magavi, M.D. was featured in Verywell Mind discussing the mental health benefits of taking care of house plants. Most people think of houseplants as a way to beautify an indoor space. But beyond aesthetics, having...
Community Psychiatry's Julian Lagoy, M.D. was featured in Healthline discussing the Trauma and how it can relate to COVID-19. The World Is Experiencing Mass Trauma from COVID-19: What You Can Do Enduring emotional distress and fear, such as that created by COVID-19,...
Community Psychiatry's Pavan Madan, M.D. was featured in The Washington Post discussing the importance of children's literature in helping to explain the pandemic to kids. My twin daughters are 4, and they used to hate wearing their masks. So to help, I introduced...
Community Psychiatry's Leela Magavi, M.D. was featured in Business Insider discussing the psychology behind the refusal to masks. Some think that American politics is about personalities. Others think it's about policies. But in reality, it may be about pieces of...
Community Psychiatry's Summer Thompson, DNP, PMHNP-BC wrote an article discussing back to school anxiety for teens that was featured in Thrive Global. Socialization Is Key to Future Success, Recognize the Uncertainty, Provide Structure, Acknowledge Concerns and Move...
Community Psychiatry's Allie Shapiro, MD and Pavan Madan, MD were featured in an article discussing how to handle anxiety as society begins to reopen. It’s pretty much impossible to forget that we’re in the middle of what nearly everyone is calling “challenging and...
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