COVID-19 and Mental Health

Interview with Betty Pfefferbaum, MD, JD by Tom Linden, MD

Listen to Tom Linden, MD, Professor of Medical Journalism, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, interview Betty Pfefferbaum, MD, JD, George Lynn Cross Research Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Director, Terrorism and Disaster Center, Oklahoma City, OK, regarding her perspective piece on COVID-19 in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). In this approximately 18-minute interview, Dr. Pfefferbaum discusses a wide range of mental health and public health topics as they relate to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a particular focus on the impact on healthcare professionals.

Other topics include:

• COVID-19 in the outpatient setting
• Self-proning in awake, non-intubated hospitalized patients
• Managing personal and team stress during the COVID pandemic
• ACE inhibitors and ARBs outcomes in patients with COVID-19
• Hypertension medications and COVID risk
• Non-peer reviewed studies during the COVID pandemic

This content also offers the opportunity to earn CME credits as part of NEJM Journal Watch.

COVID-19 and Mental Health