Averting A Mental Health Pandemic!

Medical Workers Fighting COVID-19 Are Facing a Mental Health Crisis

TARA LAW

In hospitals around the world, doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers are fighting an enemy that has already killed more than 95,000 people, including over 16,000 in the United States. And as with any war, the fight against COVID-19 will result not just in direct casualties, but also take a terrible toll on the minds of many of those who survive.It will be years before the mental health toll of the COVID-19 pandemic is fully understood, but some early data already paints a bleak picture.

Somatic Functional Therapy

The Stress-Pain Continuum

JOSEPH SLIWKOWSKI, MD

Chronic pain is often a dysregulation of the psycho-neuro-muscular system. This is what Somatic Functional Therapy addresses. The solution will not be found on MRI's or solved by removing a herniated disc or prescribing medications, except in a few select cases as evidenced by a plethora of scientific studies.Today's primary care providers (PCPs) are not armed to deal with the stress-pain continuum.

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Somatic Functional Therapy (SFT):

The Best Stress and Pain Treatment, You’ve Never Heard of!

The COVID-19 Crisis has only added to the stress and then pain that people are experiencing. I am one of those individuals, dealing with pain almost as long as I can remember. So, while attending a health conference in January, where my guests, today, were demonstrating the effects of Somatic Functional Therapy (SFT), I was the first to raise my hand to be a recipient. My pain is chronic, deep interacting within several body areas. At best, I have been able to diminish the pain enough to tolerate it. So, I was SHOCKED at the level of relief I received from about 5-10 minutes of seemingly minor treatment.

https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/123430/somatic-functional-therapy-sft-the-best-stress-and-pain-treatment-youve-never-heard-of

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Covid-19: Automated Screening Program to the Rescue

May 18th 2020, @10 AM Pacific Time

on VoiceAmerica Health & Wellness Channel

Lisa Romano, CNO of Cipherhealth, had been working with Hospitals for years to create streamlined IT processes in rooming, moving/discharging, cleaning, and re-rooming patients. Little did she know, having this knowledge as well as newer work, freeing nurses from needing to report results of tests & discharge instructions to patients, put her hospitals in a perfect position to quickly realize the size and spread of the coronavirus. This data allowed them to make plans to prepare for the coming coronavirus. Lisa Romano brings over 30 years of clinical experience (CCU), hospital administration of patient flow and transfer center, and IT strategy to her role. Join us for this amazing episode.

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