The practice of social distancing and aggressive testing "creates more anxiety and a fear of being shunned. We are seeing a rise in mental health issues," said Dr. Kathleen Pike.
Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman said teletherapy "is ideally suited to providing mental health care under the current circumstances. And it's being used more now than ever in history."
Dr. Jeffrey Cohen said, "Studies suggest that clinical levels of anxiety increased in China after the COVID-19 outbreak and we can expect clinical levels of anxiety to rise in the U.S."
In a recent JAMA Viewpoint, Drs. Myrna Weissman and Ardesheer Talati argued that clinicians should still enter information about patients' personal life events into EHRs.