The COVID-19 Experience- Staying Safe without Getting Overwhelmed, Bonus Episode 2

<p> In this bonus episode a physician, a social worker, and an eating disorder specialist answer COVID-19 listener questions, share best practices for lockdowns and sheltering-at-home and offer mental health support recommendations and resources to help mitigate stress during this period of isolation and extreme departure from routine. For their time and expertise many thanks to Dr. Kemia Sarraf, an Internist and Public Health professional, Lisa Butler LCSW, and Jessica Barker, a researcher and consultant in the mental health field with a focus on eating disorders. Much appreciation to previous And Then Everything Changed guests Becky Aud-Jennison and Monique Caradine for helping to make this episode possible.  </p> <p>-This is bonus episode 2 in The COVID-19 Experience series-</p> <p>Episode guide: </p> <p>-00.00 Dr. Kemia’s work, secondary trauma in first responders, and a background on COVID-19</p> <p>-38:12 COVID-19 questions and answers with Dr. Sarraf</p> <p>-66:55 Self-care questions and answers with Lisa Butler</p> <p>-97:36 Managing eating disorders during sheltering-at-home with Jessica Barker</p> <p> </p> <p>Resources mentioned in this episode:</p> <p>National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 800-273-8255</p> <p><a href='http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/'>www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org</a></p> <p> </p> <p>National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233</p> <p><a href='http://www.thehotline.org/'>www.thehotline.org</a></p> <p>  </p> <p><a href='http://www.zencare.co/'>www.zencare.co</a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.openpathcollective.org/'>www.openpathcollective.org</a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://www.therapyforblackgirls.com/'>www.therapyforblackgirls.com</a></p> <p> </p> <p>About this episode’s guests:</p> <p>Dr. Kemia Sarraf is an Internist and Public Health professional who left clinical medicine more than a decade ago to start a public health initiative for children in her community focused on working with and teaching children in schools and community organiz