Meaghan M. Rudolph, PCNS Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist
Michael S. Hanau, MD Psychiatrist
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Department of Psychiatry Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
Disclosures The authors report no financial relationships with any companies whose products are mentioned in this article, or with manufacturers of competing products.
Our clinical team recommends further investigation to define additional psychotherapeutic themes arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and provide evidence-based interventions to address these categories, which we expect will increase in clinical salience in the months and years ahead. Close monitoring, follow-up by clinical and research staff, and evidence-based interventions will help address these dominant themes, with the goal of alleviating patient suffering.
Bottom Line
Our team identified 4 dominant clinical themes emerging across our patients’ experiences during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: isolation, uncertainty, household stress, and grief. Clinicians can implement specific interventions to reduce the impact of these themes, which we expect to remain clinically relevant in the upcoming months and years.
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