Clinical Communication
Perspectives
Doctor with a mask: Enhancing communication and empathy
Social distancing is amounting to social isolation for many patients.
Opinion
‘We will get through this’: Advice for lessening your pandemic anxiety
You must first think about protecting yourself by limiting your exposure and monitoring your own physical state for any COVID-19 symptoms, said Dr...
Article
Strategies for treating patients with health anxiety
These patients are adversely affected due to the substantial functional impairment they experience from their health worries.
Opinion
The power and promise of person-generated health data (Part II)
While PGHD has the potential to help people, it also presents new challenges.
Opinion
Is COVID-19 leading to a mental illness pandemic?
Physicians can empower people by helping them to develop skills aimed at focusing on positive aspects of life, said Dr. Robert T. London.
Opinion
COVID-19 guidance for children’s health care providers
Accurate information calmly delivered is the antidote to anxiety or panic in a stressful situation.
News
Loneliness, social isolation in seniors need urgent attention
Clinicians might be able to prevent or reduce social isolation and loneliness by directly addressing underlying health-related causes, new report...
Opinion
An epidemic of fear and misinformation
Discrimination and fear may do more damage than the 2019 Novel Coronavirus itself.
News
Psoriasis: A look back over the past 50 years, and forward to next steps
“The progress has been breathtaking – there’s no other way to describe it.”
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Actor Alan Alda discusses using empathy as an antidote to burnout
The practice “kind of opens people up to one another, which inspirits them,” the iconic actor said.