379 - Mental Health Check-In With Dr. Laura Murray: Where Are We in the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2021
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Where are we with our mental health these days given that we're past the initial panic of the COVID-19 pandemic and into a more long-term fallout phase? Clinical psychologist Dr. Laura Murray returns to the podcast to talk with Stephanie Desmon about COVID as a collective trauma; overlap with other "high impact events" like Afghanistan, hurricanes, refugee crises, and more; what's contributing to fractures in society; and how to pad our "mental bank account" to better manage ongoing stress and trauma.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Season 4 of Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Josh Sharfstein, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, and a former Commissioner of Health in Baltimore City. |
| 0:20.0 | Our goal is to bring |
| 0:21.7 | scientific evidence and experience to current topics in public health through engaging interviews |
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| 0:46.7 | Hi, I'm Lindsay Smith-Rogers, producer of public health on call. Today, Johns Hopkins clinical |
| 0:51.9 | psychologist Dr. Laura Murray returns to the show to talk with Stephanie Desmond about our collective mental health at this point in the pandemic. |
| 0:59.7 | Let's listen. |
| 1:01.2 | Laura Murray, it's so good to have you back. |
| 1:03.2 | Oh, it's great to be back. |
| 1:04.5 | Thank you so much. |
| 1:05.8 | So today we're going to talk with our favorite mental health expert. |
| 1:10.4 | And I just want to know where are we with our mental health, given how long this COVID pandemic has gone on. You know, things have changed. From the beginning, we were, you know, panicked and staying home and washing our groceries. And then there's been, you know, vaccines, which are great, except some people won't get them. |
| 1:28.5 | So I just feel like it's all, it's all still with us, you know? |
| 1:32.7 | It really is, isn't it? |
| 1:34.6 | Gosh, and I hear so many people asking why. |
| 1:37.9 | Why do I still feel depressed? |
| 1:40.0 | Why can't I get out of the slump? |
| 1:41.6 | When will this ever end? |
| 1:45.7 | It's interesting, Stephanie. |
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