{"id":118845,"date":"2020-05-19T11:57:25","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T21:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=118845"},"modified":"2021-08-24T10:01:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T20:01:28","slug":"covid-19-mental-health-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/05\/19\/covid-19-mental-health-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with grief and loss, help available"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_10592\"  width=\"676\" height=\"676\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8YaNq5UkFkg?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Dealing with grief and loss, help available\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Many of us are dealing with some degree of loss during the COVID-19 pandemic. The range of impact is wide, from losing a job to losing the ability to socialize.<\/p>\n<p>Psychologist <strong>Kathrine Fast<\/strong> from the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manoa.hawaii.edu\/counseling\/\">Counseling and Student Development Center<\/a> (<abbr>CSDC<\/abbr>) said grief and loss are likely affecting some students graduating this semester as they come to terms with not being able to celebrate their milestone as planned. Fast wants everyone to recognize the importance of processing loss through talking, writing or simply thinking about it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It helps a person to be able to figure out what resources they have and what strengths they have and how they can move on from that and be able to adapt,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fast, reaching out for support is important now more than ever because social interaction is so limited during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One of the things I\u2019m concerned about is often times people feel like they don\u2019t want to burden their friends and family or they might isolate themselves more than they normally would,&rdquo; Fast said. She recommends turning to loved ones, a mentor or therapist to help cope.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>CSDC<\/abbr> has adjusted services for students during the pandemic and is set up for urgent individual walk-in appointments (with adjustments to accommodate social distancing) or telephone crisis consultations. <abbr>CSDC<\/abbr> requests that you call to set up an appointment or call before attending a walk-in appointment and staff will help arrange appropriate services. Other resources are also available for those who need a helping hand.<\/p>\n<p>Faculty and staff can contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/ohr\/benefits-leave\/benefit\/employee-assistance-program-eap\/\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Employee Assistance Program<\/a> for counseling services at Worklife <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.manoa.hawaii.edu\/counseling\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Counseling and Student Development Center<\/a>, (808) 956-7927<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/amhd\/consumer\/access\/\">Crisis Line of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a>, (808) 832-3100 (O\u02bbahu), 1-800-753-6879 (Neighbor Islands)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/suicidepreventionlifeline.org\/\">National Suicide Prevention Lifeline<\/a>, 1-800-273-TALK (8255)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crisistextline.org\/aloha\">Crisis Text Line<\/a>, text ALOHA to 741741 (<span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>), text TALK to 741741 (National)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/give\/giving-opportunity\/covid-19\">Support the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Student Relief fund and COVID-19 research<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8212;By <span aria-label=\"Moanikeala\">Moanike&#699;ala<\/span> Nabarro<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manoa-csdc-covid-19-grief.jpg\" alt=\"hand on window\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-118835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manoa-csdc-covid-19-grief.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manoa-csdc-covid-19-grief-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manoa-csdc-covid-19-grief-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psychologists at <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa suggest the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a degree of grief and loss for everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,12],"tags":[301,1146,1411,1416,1501,1157,637,56],"class_list":["post-118845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-video","tag-college-of-social-sciences","tag-counseling","tag-covid-19","tag-covid-19-uh-helps","tag-csdc","tag-mental-health","tag-psychology","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118845"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124456,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118845\/revisions\/124456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}