Psychologist Dr. Brad Hallam join SCI BC’s Teri Thorson for a presentation about mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. We discuss different ways you can improve and maintain mental health and answer a ton of your questions! Is it normal to feel this way? What are the impacts of quarantine? What can I do to improve my mood if I don’t feel comfortable leaving my home?
Thank you to the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation for funding this COVID-19 Ask an Expert Series.
Host: Teri Thorson, Online Peer Program Coordinator, Spinal Cord Injury BC
Guest Expert: Dr. Brad Hallam, PhD, RPsych Coordinator, VCH Psychology Residency Program, Vancouver General Hospital, Neuropsychologist at Vancouver Coastal Health.
NOTE: This video was filmed June 2, 2020. It contains information about mental health during the COVI-19 pandemic in British Columbia, Canada. For information on COVID-19 in other areas, please contact your local health system. This presentation is for educational and informational purposes only. Consult your doctor for specific medical advice!
QUESTIONS/TIMECODES:
Matching quarantine behaviour with your risk 7:50
How does Anxiety affect pain, my health and wellbeing? 12:51
How do I get over this lack of motivation? 14:46
How can I deal with people not respecting my boundaries? 16:50
Tips for staying mentally well during COVID isolation? 18:47
Some self-directed mental health therapies you can do at home: 21:21
Sometimes I do well and sometimes I start to panic about COVID19, what can I do? 23:30
Extended self-isolation gets to me, more later in the day. 24:40
I experience fatigue with bad weather – what can I do about it? What do I do if I can’t sleep. 26:44
How careful do we need to be now that everything is opening up. 34:38
Can I get a referral to you at GF Strong? 37:25
How can I deal with feeling overwhelmed or anxious by COVID19 risk when I’m out in the world? 44:12
I like to get all the information I can to see where I’m at in my community, but they aren’t releasing information by community. Is that the right thing to do? 49:20
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
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BC Psychology Association Psychological First Aid - now referring to [ Ссылка ] for all residents of BC. Keltyskey.com is free short term guided or self-focused counselling, free for BC Residents.
Self-focused therapy:
Cognitive Behavioural: Antidepressant skills workbook: www.sfu.ca/carmha/publications/antidepressant-skills-workbook.html (Free download)
Book: Mind over Mood: [ Ссылка ]
Acceptance and commitment therapy: www.thehappinesstrap.com
Goodnight Mind. [ Ссылка ]
CREDIBLE SOURCES FOR COVID19 INFORMATION IN BC:
Please refer to your local public health experts for up to date information about COVID19 in your area. These resources are for British Columbia, Canada.
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