Episode 34: The Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 with Dr. Amelia Villagomez

Published: May 26, 2020, midnight

b'Dr. Amelia Villagomez is an integrative psychiatrist at Progressive Psychiatry in Fort Worth, Texas.\\n\\nIn this interview, Dr Villagomez addresses the top mental health concerns during this pandemic and its aftermath. She shares how the abundance of information may be negatively impacting us, as well as the trauma resulting with the current season.\\n\\nWe discuss sleep strategies, meditation, positive self talk, the gut-brain connection, the importance of whole food nutrition in brain health, along with the importance of PLAY in our daily lives. \\n\\nResources discussed during podcast:\\xa0\\nIntegrative Strategies (including nutraceuticals)\\xa0 published by the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine:\\nhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550830720301130?via%3Dihub\\n\\nCMBM online groups:\\nhttps://cmbm.org/onlinegroup/\\n\\nGuided Imagery:\\nBy Belleruth Naparstek\\nhttps://thrive.kaiserpermanente.org/thrive-together/live-well/relax-your-mind-and-body-with-podcasts-and-feel-stress-melt-away\\n\\nSAMHSA Phases of a Disaster :\\nhttps://www.samhsa.gov/dtac/recovering-disasters/phases-disaster'