UConn Health Pulse

Coming out of COVID: Mental Health

The challenges associated with our gradual return to some kind of normal are sure to vary throughout our populations. Will our older neighbors be hesitant to leave homes for a while? How has the isolation affected them? What about our children and teens, who lost the last three months of school? How has this disruption of routine and regular interaction with peers affected them? In this low-fidelity edition of The UConn Health Pulse, Carolyn and Chris remotely ask two mental health experts about this: Dr. Kristina Zdanys, geriatric psychiatrist in the UConn Center on Aging, and Julian Ford, UConn Health clinical psychologist with expertise in PTSD and adolescent psychiatry.

(Drs. Julian Ford and Kristina Zdanys, Carolyn Pennington, Chris DeFrancesco, June 2020)

The Smile Is Just the Start

Dr. Flavio Uribe, chair of orthodontics at the UConn School of Dental Medicine, explains how the benefits of correcting a child's bite go well beyond the cosmetic, plus Courtney and Chris learn about some orthodontic options that weren't options when they were kids.

(Dr. Flavio Uribe, Courtney Chandler, Chris DeFrancesco, February 2020)

Eggs: OK or No Way?

Physician Assistant Brad Biskup from the Lifestyle Medicine Program at UConn Health's Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center tries to help Carolyn and Chris understand the seemingly ever-changing prevailing wisdom on cholesterol, diet, and heart health.

(Brad Biskup, Carolyn Pennington, Chris DeFrancesco, January 2020)