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By RASMUS RØRBÆK, Aarhus University, April 4, 2020 The outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus2 had its source in the Wuhan Province in China in December 2019. Since then, the coronavirus has spread to the rest of the globe, and the world is now treating patients with the disease that follows virus infection: COVID-19. The course of the disease differs for patients the world over: many experience flu-like symptoms, while many others need hospital treatment for acute...

By Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, April 6, 2020 Stark statistics are coming to light only now and only in piecemeal fashion showing that African Americans are disproportionately affected by Covid-19. The racial divide in who gets infected, who gets tested, and who dies from Covid-19 is emerging from the few cities and states whose data are public. African Americans in Illinois, for example, accounted for 29% of confirmed cases and 41% of deaths as of Monday morning, yet they make up only 15% of the...

By Beatriz Garcia, Al Dia, April 6, 2020 As the United States tops the world as the most contagious country with coronavirus - 312,249 cases recorded and 8,503 deaths from COVID-19, according to last Friday's data - and New York becomes the global epicenter of the pandemic, the follow-up to quarantine remains very uneven across states. Criticism of quarantine and its social and economic impact is being heard in a context of fear and an overflowing health system, but the truth is, if we think...

Julie Kurtz hasn’t stopped creating ways to build and promote resilience in herself and others who have experienced trauma since she left her family home for college at age 18. Although she experienced four types of adversity during her childhood, the CEO of the Center for Optimal Brain Integration has traveled a complex journey to mitigate those adversities by recognizing her own internal resilience, building skills to buffer her toxic and traumatic stress, uncovering her voice through...

The Youth Law Center has launched a webinar series to highlight some best practices for parents and resource parents during the Covid-19 crisis. More information is available below. https://ylc.org/news/ylc-launches-qpi-resource-series-covid19-the-new-normal/ YLC launches QPI resource series "COVID19: The New Normal" We understand that the daily changes and constantly updated information on the COVID-19 crisis can be overwhelming. However panic cannot and should not drive our work off...

By Richard Besser, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, April 7,2020 The world is in the midst of responding to one of the greatest threats in our lifetime. We recognize that this crisis affects each of us differently and for many in America, who even in good times are challenged due in large part to inequities that have created barriers to health and well-being, the needs are truly profound. For some social distancing is an inconvenience, for others it is a life or death struggle. While the...

By The National Child Traumatic Stress Network, April 2020 Resource Description Offers activity ideas to parents and caregivers whose families are sheltering in place, social distancing, and homeschooling due to school closures amidst the COVID-19 outbreak. [ Please click here to access the resource .]

We are in uncertain times. Homelife has changed. School schedules have changed. Our communities are not the same. Work, if we have it, has changed, too. The world is different and we don't know for how long. We don't know what our lives will look like on the other side, either. We are worried about health, housing, security, and our loved ones. We generally have more stress and less support, as we are taking care of our families, ourselves, and each other. It’s a lot, and for those dealing...

"As COVID-19 deaths rise, domestic violence is rising, and domestic violence murder-suicides are rising as well. In just the last week, domestic violence murder-suicides have increased 100%."

One hard thing about my work is — I get hate mail sometimes. Maybe you do too — or you just get exposed to other people’s hurtful messages, and feel “punched in the gut” or outraged when you’re just going about your business reading articles online or scrolling through your social media feed — in a pandemic! But there is a miracle going on of people rising up and helping each other and taking risks and doing everything they can think to do — and especially if they’re in a leadership role —...

By Sally Lockwood, Sky News, April 6, 2020 At the time of writing this, 80 doctors and 21 nurses have lost their lives to COVID-19 since February. In that time, two more nurses have taken their own lives. As medics grieve for the colleagues they have lost, they are working to compensate for so many others that have been infected and are in quarantine. [ Please click here to read more .]

I just posted an updated version of a training I'm doing for clinicians working with trauma survivors during the pandemic. Here's a link to the post where you can download the file: https://www.acesconnection.com/clip/trauma-treatment-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic-4-6-2020-pdf . Please share freely if you find this useful. And thank you for being a helper!