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Stress and anxiety in the time of Covid-19. A Harvard psychiatry professor weighs in.
Stress and anxiety in the time of Covid-19. A Harvard psychiatry professor weighs in.
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40 minutes
Released:
Mar 13, 2020
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Podcast episode
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Dr. Greg L. Fricchione is the Mind Body Medical Institute Professor of Psychiatry at Mass General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Here he places in context the worries we all feel when an infectious disease like the coronavirus COVID-19 comes calling. You’ll be happy to know the stress you’re experiencing is hard-wired into your mammalian brain as a well-known flight or fight mechanism. Digging a little deeper, we can come to understand that countering stress with a healthy dose of resilience can help us deal with these anxieties. Dr. Fricchione is the faculty editor for the Harvard Health Publishing special health report Stress Management.
Released:
Mar 13, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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