"The Impact of the Pandemic on Child & Family Relationships" Vincenzo Di Nicola Society for the Study of Psychiatry & Culture (SSPC) Contribution to SSPC Webinar Round Table Discussion "Social and Cultural Insights into COVID-19 Experiences" Anna Fiskin (Chair), Vincenzo Di Nicola, Bonnie Kaiser, Francis Lu, Alan Teo Thursday, April 16, 2020

1. The Impact of the Pandemic
on Child & Family Relationships
Vincenzo Di Nicola
MPhil, MD, PhD, FRCPC, DFAPA
SSPC Round Table Discussion
“Social and Cultural Insights
into COVID-19 Experiences”
Friday, April 17, 2020 – 1:00 - 2:30 pm

2. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL INSIGHTS
INTO COVID-19 EXPERIENCES
Bonnie Kaiser, Vincenzo Di Nicola, Alan
Teo, Francis Lu, Anna Fiskin (chair)
SSPC Round Table Discussion
Friday, April 17, 2020
1:00 - 2:30 pm

3. Army trucks in Bergamo, Italy (Reuters – March 19, 2020)

4. Antigone and Polynices (Nikiforos Lytras, 1865)

5. Incident at Antares
Érico Veríssimo
(Novel, 1971)
Carlos Manga
(Film, 1994)

6. Impacts
Social distancing
Class and cultural differences
Confinement
Impact on vulnerable groups, relationships
Adverse Child Events (ACE)
Associated with poorer health outcomes

7. Isolation vs.
connection

8. Trauma

9. Questions
&
Comments

10. Resources
American Academy for Child & Adolescent
Psychiatry (AACAP) – www.aacap.org
Resources for Helping Kids and Parents
Cope Amidst COVID-19
https://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Yo
uth/Resource_Libraries/covid-
19/resources_helping_kids_parents_cope.aspx?
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