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Coping with COVID 19: The Medical, Mental, and Social Consequences of the Pandemic
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Edition:
- 1st
- Author:
- Ahmad, Samoon
- Publisher:
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW)
- ISBN:
- 978-1-97-518899-3
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Coping with COVID-19: The Medical, Mental, and Social Consequences of the Pandemic provides readers with unique and timely insights about the single most disruptive and epoch-defining public health event of the last 100 years.
Written in an easy-to-read and accessible style, widely respected psychiatrist and author Dr. Samoon Ahmad explores both the science of the virus and the lasting psychological, clinical, and professional implications of the pandemic in two well-organized parts. The first part of the book examines the historical precedents of pandemics, as well as the virology and symptomology of SARS-CoV-2. The second part covers the broader effects of the pandemic on society with special consideration being given to its impact on public health policy, the medical industry, and the individual psychology of children and adults.
Written in an easy-to-read and accessible style, widely respected psychiatrist and author Dr. Samoon Ahmad explores both the science of the virus and the lasting psychological, clinical, and professional implications of the pandemic in two well-organized parts. The first part of the book examines the historical precedents of pandemics, as well as the virology and symptomology of SARS-CoV-2. The second part covers the broader effects of the pandemic on society with special consideration being given to its impact on public health policy, the medical industry, and the individual psychology of children and adults.
Discusses the historical background, initial outbreak, and early spread of COVID-19, followed by chapters on transmission models, pathology, and neurologic and psychiatric symptoms
Covers mental health and other clinical concerns, public health, and professional implications for practicing physicians and other healthcare workers
Shares the experience and knowledge of Samoon Ahmad, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Unit Chief of Psychiatric Inpatient Unit at Bellevue Hospital Center, co-author of Medical Marijuana: A Clinical Handbook andco-editor of Kaplan & Sadock’s Pocket Handbook of Clinical Psychiatry
An excellent resource for psychiatrists, neurologists, primary care, family medicine, and critical care physicians, medical students, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, as well as the general public
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- Platform:
- OvidSP
- Publisher:
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW)
- Product Type:
- Book
- Author:
- Ahmad, Samoon
- ISBN:
- 978-1-97-518899-3
- Specialty:
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- Epidemiology
- General Medicine
- Health Professions
- Infectious Diseases
- Internal Medicine
- Primary Care/Family Medicine/General Practice
- Psychiatry
- Sports Medicine
- Virology
- Language:
- English
- Edition:
- 1st
- Pages:
- 280
- Publication Year:
- 2022
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