Adult Coping Help
Local Help for Parents and Children
To better protect vulnerable children and families during the COVID-19 pandemic, Cincinnati Children’s, Hamilton County Job & Family Services and Cincinnati Public Schools are collaborating on a campaign called Safe and Sound @ Home Cincinnati. The goal is to raise awareness about parenting support and resources available to those in the community who may be struggling.
- Child abuse and domestic violence are under-reported in normal times. During these stressful times, children and their caregivers are at greater risk.
- There are places in the Cincinnati area that provide help with food or medical assistance, child care, housing and utilities, cash and employment and legal aid.
- It’s natural for parents to feel stress, anxiety and worry right now.
Coping with COVID-19
- COVID-19 Sanity Guide: A guide full of practical and actionable ways to manage your sanity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- CDC: Mental Health and Coping: Guidelines from the CDC for managing your mental health and engaging in positive coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Psychological Effects of Quarantine ;During the Coronavirus Outbreak: From the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, what healthcare providers need to know.
- Facing COVID-19 – Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: A video guide to facing COVID-19 using the framework of acceptance and committed action from Dr. Russ Harris.
Practicing Self-Care
- Keeping Your Distance to Stay Safe: A guide from the American Psychological Association (APA) to engaging in physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Coping with Stressful News: Seven crucial research findings that can help people deal with COVID-19, from the American Psychological Association, a translation of psychological science on coping with stressful news, and how that can help people to deal with COVID-19.
- Sleep Hygiene: Tips and tricks for getting quality sleep from the Centre for Clinical Interventions.
Taking Care of Your Mental Health: Coping with Anxiety & Depression
- Guide to Living with Anxiety and Worry: A guide for managing anxiety and worry from Dr. Matthew Whalley & Dr. Hardeep Kaur.
- What? Me Worry!?! An overview of what worrying is, what triggers worrying, what keeps it going, and most importantly, how to treat it effectively.
- Postpone Your Worry: This approach involves postponing your worry to a “worry period” that is the same time, place and duration each day.
- Mindfulness Exercises: Patricia Bear, LPC, shares a list of several mindfulness exercises you can practice on your own.
- Tips for Dealing with Mood Issues / Depression: Tips for dealing with low or depressed mood from Dr. Stephen Gans.
- The 3 Happiness Myths: Animated video illustrates the three happiness myths that we have been lead to believe, by Dr. Russ Harris.
- Virtual Recovery Resources: Support for substance misuse from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Parenting during the Pandemic
- Effective Parenting Stress Management: Tips for managing your stress as a parent from the Center for Effective Parenting.
- Downloadable Resources & Strategies: Boys Town offers parenting tips in a variety of topics for use during COVID-19.
- Self-Care in the Time of Coronavirus: The Child Mind Institute provides recommendations for parent self-care, and the whole family will benefit.
Hotlines / Emergency
- Crisis Information: Local resources and phone numbers to call for support with suicide or domestic violence concerns.
- National Coalition Against Domestic Violence: Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-SAFE (7233) or chat online. See additional hotlines and resources.
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