This resource list has been created to accompany the Brentwood United Methodist Church Resiliency and Hope Series: Conversations about Mental Wellness-Stress and Anxiety in the time of COVID-19.
Dr. Wellborn’s Website has a lot of resources for parents and teens including some that are directly relevant to the stress and anxiety brought on by COVID-19 and its aftermath.
- Parenting in the Time of COVID-19 Blog Series addressed many of the challenges parents faced in the early stages of the pandemic
- Stress and Anxiety checklists for Teens (and children) that can help you know what to look for when there is a problem
- Stress and Anxiety in teens provides some ideas about how to help a teen who is struggling with anxiety and stress
- Improving your pandemic quality of life is a blog about remembering (or realizing) how to keep positive, healthy, joyous and fun things in your life when times get stressful or tough
- In the Parent Resources section of Dr. Wellborn’s website, there are online resources for parents regarding anxiety and fear and stress management and books on anxiety, fears and phobias and on stress and stress management.
- And, don’t forget about taking care of yourself so you have the energy to take care of your kids
- Stress Management for Teens is a series of blogs on the various forms of meditation, mindfulness practices and self-affirmations that form the bedrock of stress management. (They work for adults too.)
- In the Teen Resources section of Dr. Wellborn’s website there are online resources for teens regarding anxiety and fears and rumination as well as on stress and then there are books on anxiety, fears and phobias along with books on stress and stress management.
Popular Print Articles
- Helping Children With Anxiety During the Pandemic
- It’s Not Just Adults Who Are Stressed. Kids Are Too.
- The Pandemic is a Mental Health Crisis for Parents
- How to Detox from Election (and more general) Anxiety
- 12 Articles about Coping with COVID Stress
- Get Through the Coming Long Dark Winter Using this Scandinavian Trick
Professional Organizations
- Anxiety and Depression Society of America. Great resources!
- American Psychological Association blogs, articles and web series on Parenting in the Age of COVID-19
- American Association of Pediatricians section on parenting especially their section on parenting during a pandemic
- Child Mind Institute has some great information and suggestions to support families during the COVID-19 including coping with anxiety
- Zero to Three’s Babies and Stress: The Facts
Seniors (65+)
- How the Elderly Can Manage The Mental Health Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis
- National Alliance on Mental Illness information guide for seniors
- How Older Adults Can Protect Their Mental Wellness During COVID-19
