Mental Fitness During a Pandemic - PediaCast 458

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Dr Mike

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4.8 • 598 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Parents and children have many feelings these days, including anxiety, anger, depression and disappointment. These are normal responses to our new reality. We explore the feelings and share practical tips for weathering the storm. Gina McDowell, clinical counselor with Big Lots Behavioral Health Services, is our guest. We hope you can join us!

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0:00.0	This is PediCast.
0:20.7	Welcome to Pediacast, a pediatric podcast for parents.
0:24.6	And now, direct from the campus of nationwide children's, here is your host, Dr. Mike.
0:30.2	Hello, everyone, and welcome. Once again to Pediacast. It is a pediatric podcast for moms and dads.
0:38.4	This is Dr. Mike coming to you from my house in Columbus, Ohio.
0:43.8	It is episode 458 for April 1st, 2020.
0:49.4	We're calling this one Mental Fitness during a pandemic.
0:54.2	Our pandemic coverage continues this week as we, the inhabitants of planet Earth,
1:00.6	billions of us, stay home as we try to flatten the curve and to prevent our health
1:06.3	care systems from being overrun and in the process, hopefully, save millions of lives.
1:13.0	That effort is working better in some places than others.
1:17.0	New York City and Italy and Spain are impacted tremendously right now,
1:22.0	and our hearts and prayers are extended to you, along with families everywhere,
1:26.4	you know, in every city and state and country that has experienced loss from this terrible disease.
1:33.1	Now, we have been chronicling the COVID-19 pandemic on PDAQAS for a while now.
1:39.1	We started back in episode 455. That episode was called COVID-19, What You Need to Know. We talked about the SARS
1:47.4	COVID-2 virus, really some science in that one to explain exactly what it is and what it does
1:54.5	in the body. And then we also explored COVID-19 disease. So if you want sort of a foundation
2:00.7	of what's causing the
2:02.6	pandemic, what causes the disease, be sure to check out episode 455. And then in 456, we talked
2:09.9	about social distancing, or really I like to call it physical distancing, because we can still
2:15.2	be social through digital means as we are as we are
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