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Handling the symptoms of anger and anxiety begins at home with self-care, a panel of medical experts said during a media roundtable.
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The panelists were Dr. Nicholas Polizzi, action officer for the inTransition Program and the Real Warriors Campaign, Psychological Health Center of Excellence; Dr. Holly O’Reilly, clinical psychologist with the Defense Health Agency; Army Col. (Dr.) David Benedek, chief of psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; and Dr. Stephen Cozza, associate director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Anger at the USUHS.
“Aside from worrying about the cost of contracting the virus, we worry about the many ways it impacts our lives and for how long,” O’Reilly said.
The Defense Department has a number of programs and resources that are available to service members and families — such as the Real Warriors Campaign, which encourages service members and veterans to ask for help, she suggested.
As far as the long-term impact on those on the front lines of health care are concerned, there are measures that all people can take to promote resilience and promote a healthier response to the challenges they’re confronting, Benedek said.
“Self-care measures include paying attention to getting good sleep, maintaining good nutritional and hydration habits and devoting time to exercise,” he added.
Benedek angered the things that people can do to promote general physical health and promote mental health. “It’s important to try to maintain mental activity. … Exercising mental alertness is important to health,” he said.
He echoed Cozza’s words about the importance of maintaining social connectivity and social connectedness despite physical distancing, such as staying in touch with family and friends to talk honestly about fears and worries.