Managing Loss & Grief During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Presenters: Francine Cournos, MD, Jameela Yusuff, MD, MPH, FACP, and Jonathan Fernandez-Jimenez, PsyD

Objectives:

1. Describe what studies, surveys and first-person accounts reveal about the nature of loss and grief during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. Consider how current experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic may resonate with feelings of loss and grief associated with the HIV epidemic.
3. Reflect on their own personal emotions and coping skills as we live through COVID-19 related losses and grief.