Psychiatry on the Front Lines of a Pandemic - Corona and Mental Health Part 3

Linda Chokroverty, MD, is the attending physician at the Montefiore Health Systems in Bronx, NY; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine; and Co-Chair of the Disaster and Trauma Issues Committee with the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. In this episode she describes her experiences working with COVID19 providers and advice for clinicians who may face similar issues during the pandemic.

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