Main description:

In the Aftermath of the Pandemic is an accessible treatment manual enabling psychotherapists to use Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) to address the psychological consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and other large-scale disasters. Well-studied and time-limited, IPT has demonstrated efficacy in treating mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). IPT helps people to mobilize social support, to process and take control of
environmental stressors, relieving symptoms. As such it appears an excellent intervention for the wave of psychiatric problems accompanying the COVID-19 pandemic. The book describes IPT techniques and focuses on treating the disaster's major outcomes-depression, PTSD, and anxiety-illustrating their treatment
with multiple detailed case examples drawn from actual clinical presentations from the pandemic. The book also addresses the sudden shift from in-person to remote tele-therapy, and includes a novel COVID Behavioral Checklist of psychological risk factors. Dr. John Markowitz, a leading IPT expert, explains the psychological impacts of disasters like COVID-19 and the particular usefulness of IPT in addressing them, making this a crucial text for clinicians looking to address the psychiatric
crisis the pandemic has wrought.

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1. In the Aftermath of Upheaval

Chapter 2. How the Pandemic has Transformed Psychotherapy: Remote Treatment

Chapter 3. Interpersonal Psychotherapy: Life-Event-Based Therapy

Chapter 4. Life Crises: Grief, Role Disputes, Role Transitions

Chapter 5. Depression

Chapter 6. Posttraumatic Stress

Chapter 7. Anxiety and Other Distressing Symptoms

Chapter 8. Termination

Chapter 9. Dealing with Post-Catastrophe-Resilience

References

Acknowledgments

Index