Resources

Behavioral & Mental Health Resources for Coronavirus & General Behavioral Health Information

Behavioral & Mental Health Resources for Coronavirus

Managing Reactions to Coronavirus from Riverside Trauma Center

FACE_COVID (1) ‘FACE COVID’ How to respond effectively to the Corona crisis by Dr Russ Harris, author of The Happiness Trap

Taking Care of Your Mental Health in the Face of Uncertainty – American Federation for Suicide Prevention

SAMHSA Tips for Social Distancing, Quarantine, and Isolation

American Psychological Association Pandemics General Resources Page

Parent/Caregiver Guide to Helping Families Cope With the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Resources to Support Your Mental Health During the COVID-19 Outbreak  by the UCSF Department of Psychiatry 

Grief and COVID-19: Mourning Our Bygone Lives from the American Psychological Association

Psychiatric Times: COVID-19 Pandemic and Emotional Wellbeing: Tips for Healthy Routines and Rhythms During Unpredictable Times

Cleveland Clinic: 6 Tips to Protect Your Mental Health When You’re Sick

Four Ways to Help Prevent Loneliness While You’re Social Distancing

10 Ways to Manage the Emotional Challenges of Social Distancing

10 Mental Health Signs To Watch Out For In Kids In The Age Of COVID-19

Welcome to Marriage During the Coronavirus

Ten Percent Happier Coronavirus Sanity Guide

The Family Lockdown Guide – How to Emotionally Prepare

Talking to Your Kids About Coronavirus

That Discomfort You’re Feeling is Grief

Coronavirus Has Upended Our World. It’s OK To Grieve

Building Your Resilience by the American Psychological Association

Right as Rain by UW Medicine – How to Talk to Your Kids About the Coronavirus

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General Resources

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Book & Resource Recommendations by topic:

ADD & ADHD

• Driven To Distraction : Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood
• Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder
• Married to Distraction: Restoring Intimacy and Strengthening Your Marriage in an Age of Interruption
• More Attention, Less Deficit: Success Strategies for Adults with ADHD
• The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps
• Learning Outside The Lines: Two Ivy League Students With Learning Disabilities And ADHD Give You The Tools
• Livescribe 4 GB Echo Smartpen
• Smart Kids with School Problems: Things to Know and Ways to Help (Plume)

Anxiety & Panic

• Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic: Workbook (Treatments That Work)
• The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook, Fourth Edition

Body Image Issues

• The Body Image Workbook: An Eight-Step Program for Learning to Like Your Looks

Career Planning & Transition

• The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success
• Career Match: Connecting Who You Are with What You’ll Love to Do

Couples and Marriage Issues

• Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples, 20th Anniversary Edition
• Keeping the Love You Find: A Personal Guide
• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert
• After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful
• Not “Just Friends”: Rebuilding Trust and Recovering Your Sanity After Infidelity
• The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
• The Dance of Intimacy
• All the Good Ones Aren’t Taken: Change the Way You Date and Find Lasting Love

Depression/Mood

• Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy Revised and Updated
• Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think
• Uplift Technologies DL930 Day-Light 10,000 Lux SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) Lamp

Divorce

• Aftermarriage: The Myth of Divorce
• The Good Divorce
• What About the Kids?: Raising Your Children Before, During, and After Divorce

Forgiveness

• The Forgiving Self: The Road from Resentment to Connection

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

• The Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts

Parenting Skills

• 1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12
• Parenting that Works: Building Skills that Last a Lifetime
• Smart Kids with School Problems: Things to Know and Ways to Help
• The Difficult Child: Expanded and Revised Edition

Psychotherapy

• The Talking Cure

Stress Management & Mindfulness

• The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook
• The Relaxation Response
• Office Yoga: Simple Stretches for Busy People
• Wherever You Go, There You Are
• Health Journeys: Meditations to Relieve Stress

Pain Management

• Managing Chronic Pain: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach Workbook

Temperament

• The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You

Weight Management

• The Learn Program for Weight Management 2000
• Overcoming Binge Eating

Organizations & Informational Websites:

ADD/ADHD – CHADD.org

Asperger’s Association of New England

Association for Applied Psychology & Biofeedback

Alzheimer’s & Dementia

Brain Injury Association of MA

Multiple Sclerosis

National Academy of Neuropsychology

American Psychological Association

Massachusetts Psychological Association