Coping with COVID-19

Wed, 08/25/2021 - 3:23pm

Coping with Covid-19

For many people, stress and anxiety levels have increased since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak. Check out this great list of resources complied by the National Library of Medicine about healthy ways to cope with stress and anxiety.

Here’s a good place to start:

CDC COVID-19: Care for Yourself: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides information on caring for yourself, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

CDC COVID-19: Coping With Stress: CDC provides information on how to cope with stress, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Get immediate help in a crisis

Call 911

Disaster Distress Helpline

  • 1-800-985-5990 (press 2 for Spanish)
  • text TalkWithUs for English or Hablanos for Spanish to 66746.
  • Spanish speakers from Puerto Rico can text Hablanos to 1-787-339-2663.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

National Domestic Violence Hotline

  • 1-800-799-7233
  • text LOVEIS to 22522

National Child Abuse Hotline 

  • 1-800-4AChild (1-800-422-4453)
  • text 1-800-422-4453

National Sexual Assault Hotline

The Eldercare Locator 

  • 1-800-677-1116  TTY Instructions

Veteran’s Crisis Line