The current pandemic represents a unique opportunity to evaluate the associated psychological impact in various sociocultural groups and contexts, providing important lessons that could be applied in response to future disasters. A Canadian-led collaboration of research in eight countries aims to measure the role communication strategies and media discourse play in shaping psychological and behavioural responses of the populations during the COVID-19 outbreak. With the second wave of the infection being reported in many countries, the study is timely to report and address the psychosocial manifestations people are facing.
Dr. Melissa Généreux, CIHR lead, holds a doctorate in medicine, a master’s degree in public health and a specialization in community medicine from the University of Montreal. After having been appointed as Director of Public Health for six years in the Estrie region, she now acts as a medical adviser both at the regional and provincial level in Quebec, presents an overview of the initial psychosocial health trajectory and behavioural response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Her presentation will cover the epidemiological psychosocial sequelae of the pandemic across countries, based on reported mental health problems per (DSM-V Diagnostic Statistical Manual-V) and coping strategies adopted by survey respondents.
This webinar on the mental health challenges at the population level and their behavioural response is for public health practitioners, clinicians, psychologists, and psychiatrists. Detailed information on the project can be access here. Registrants are invited to submit questions of interest before the webinar to S.M. Zeeshan Qadar at sheikh.qadar@umanitoba.ca.
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