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Luana Marques PhD on the Emotional Challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemic (On Point)

February 12, 2021
Ruta Nonacs, MD PhD
On today’s episode of NPR’s On Point, Meghna Chakrabarti discusses our collective mental health.  She notes that President Harry Truman used a global crisis to improve mental health services in the United States.  Responding the the increased mental health needs of returning soldiers and civilians after World War II, he founded the National Institute of Mental Health. 

Will the COVID-19 pandemic spur improvements in our mental health care services?


Luana Marques, PhD is interviewed on today’s episode of NPR’s On Point.

As this pandemic goes on, we have really been thrown into a marathon of emotional challenges.  And some of us are not runners.  And even the runners among us, the finish line continues to change….  We definitely need to get ready for what might come.  

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Luana Marques, PhD

Luana Marques, PhD is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (HMS), the Director of the Community Psychiatry Program for Research in Implementation and Dissemination of Evidence-Based Treatments (PRIDE) at MGH, and the President of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA).  Dr. Marques’ research has focused on innovative implementation models with the goal of improving access to mental health services.

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Luana Marques, PhDis an Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Mass General, the Director of the Community Psychiatry Program for Research in Implementation and Dissemination of Evidence-Based Treatments (PRIDE)at Mass General, and past president of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA).  Dr. Marques’ research focuses on innovative implementation models with the goal of improving access to mental health services.

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