Promoting resilience in persons with serious mental health conditions during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Elsa A Friis-HealyEugene W FarberSarah C CookKatherine A CullumCharles F GillespieErica D Marshall-LeeNaadira C UpshawDeJuan T WhiteShujing ZhangNadine J KaslowPublished in: Psychological services (2021)
This article highlights the profound and far-reaching impact of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) health crisis on persons with serious mental health conditions. To understand and mitigate against the negative effects of the crisis on this population, we offer a resilience intervention framework that attends to three key resilience processes, namely control, coherence, and connectedness (3Cs). We then detail interventions and associated evidence-informed intervention strategies at the individual, interpersonal, and systemic levels that behavioral health professionals can employ to bolster each of the 3Cs for persons with serious mental health conditions. These intervention strategies, which must be implemented in a flexible manner, are designed to enhance the biopsychosocial functioning of persons with serious mental health conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond and strengthen their interpersonal and systemic environments. We conclude with recommendations for future directions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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