How We’re Coping One Year into the Pandemic, with Vaile Wright, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

Kim Mills

Health & Fitness, Life Sciences, Science, Mental Health

4.3 • 781 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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When the world shut down in March 2020, few people imagined how different things would still look one year later – or that more than 500,000 Americans and 2.5 million people around the world would die from complications of COVID-19. APA’s Stress in America survey has been tracking the mental health toll this past year as Americans have dealt with lost jobs, shuttered schools, social isolation and the illness and death of loved ones. Vaile Wright, PhD, a clinical psychologist and the senior director of health care innovation at APA, talks about the state of our mental and physical health right now, how we are feeling about returning to our previous lives now that vaccines are providing some hope for an end to the pandemic, and what can each of us can do to ease stress and anxiety in the face of continuing uncertainty about what the future holds. Are you enjoying Speaking of Psychology? We’d love to know what you think of the podcast, what you would change about it, and what you’d like to hear more of. Please take our listener survey at www.apa.org/podcastsurvey. Links Vaile Wright, PhD APA's COVID-19 Resources Stress in America Survey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Twas the night before Christmas when all through our home, friends were waiting for drinks at the party we'd thrown.
0:07.2	With an espresso martini mixer from Fever Tree, all you need to add is the vodka, you see.
0:14.2	Five espresso martinis ready in a second. A Christmas miracle, everybody reckoned.
0:23.9	So this holiday season mix with the best,
0:29.7	with fever tree cocktails for you and your guests. Please enjoy responsibly.
0:39.4	When the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March 2020, many people headed home to shelter in place and expected that they would return to their offices and schools within a few weeks. None of us could have imagined how different the
0:45.6	world would look one year later, especially that more than 500,000 Americans and 2.5 million
0:51.5	people around the world would die from complications of COVID-19.
0:56.0	Along with the physical toll of the coronavirus, the pandemic's economic and social consequences have caused with some people are calling a second pandemic of mental health concerns,
1:07.0	as Americans have dealt with lost jobs, lack of child care, social isolation, and the illness
1:13.2	and death of loved ones. APA's stress in America survey has been tracking this mental health
1:19.5	toll over the course of the pandemic. Where are we now? How is our mental and our physical health
1:26.2	one year in? Now that vaccines are providing
1:29.2	some hope for an end to the pandemic, how are we feeling about returning to our pre-pandemic lives?
1:34.9	And what can each of us do that is healthy to ease our stress and anxiety in the face of
1:40.5	continuing uncertainty about the future? Welcome to Speaking of Psychology, the flagship podcast of the American Psychological Association
1:49.0	that examines the links between psychological science and everyday life.
1:53.0	I'm Kim Mills.
1:58.0	Our guest today is Dr. Vale Wright, a clinical psychologist and the Senior Director of Healthcare
2:02.8	Innovation here at APA. As a spokesperson for the association, Dr. Wright has given more than 100
2:09.3	interviews over the past year about the mental health consequences of COVID-19, including
2:14.6	stress, anxiety, and loneliness, and offered advice on how to cope and build resilience.
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