525600 Minutes and the Prolonged Grief of COVID-19 – Psychiatric Times

There are 525,600 minutes in a year. How many COVID-19 related deaths have we seen in the thousands of minutes since this began?

Psychiatry & Society

H. Steven Moffic, MD, talks about the extreme loss toll from COVID-19 and the effect it has on our collective mental state.

Dr Mofficis an award-winning psychiatrist who has specialized in the cultural and ethical aspects of psychiatry. A prolific writer and speaker, he received the one-time designation of being a Hero of Public Psychiatry from the Assembly of the American Psychiatric Association in 2002. He has recently been leading Tikkun Olam advocacy movements on climate instability, burnout, Islamophobia, and anti-Semitism for a better world. He serves on the Editorial Board of Psychiatric TimesTM.

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525600 Minutes and the Prolonged Grief of COVID-19 - Psychiatric Times