June 16, 2020

Flattening the Emotional Distress Curve: A Behavioral Health Pandemic Response Strategy for COVID-19

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Mental Health and Personal Impact

• Kaslow et al. propose a 6-phase framework for managing and responding to the behavioral health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic: preplanning, response readiness, response mobilization, intervention, continuation, and amelioration. The authors describe the Caring Communities initiative as an exemplar of action steps that behavioral health professionals and organizations can take to improve behavioral health care and reduce health disparities during a pandemic. 

Kaslow et al. (June 15, 2020). Flattening the Emotional Distress Curve: A Behavioral Health Pandemic Response Strategy for COVID-19. The American Psychologist. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000694