The Mental Vaccine for Covid-19
Dr Raj Persaud FRPsych
For all the horrifying statistics of the number infected by COVID-19, multiply by a factor of 20 to approximate how many worldwide are suffering stress, depression, relationship breakdown and even suicide, as a direct consequence of Coronavirus. In this straight-talking, pragmatic, but hard-hitting exposé, practising psychiatrist Raj Persaud argues for simple, yet powerful, mental strategies to immunise individuals against the panic of the pandemic. For all the lip-service played to the importance of well-being, just why have the known strongest injections of inspiration remained shielded from the public? As well as a how-to guide, the author offers some fascinating insights into just what's been going on. Trump, Boris Johnson, and senior officials like Dominic Cummings appeared to act increasingly bizarrely. Did the strain infect the inner workings of governments around the world? Did those in command go a bit ‘corona crazy’? Exactly why did the UK Health Minister Matt Hancock cry on camera? Learn how to master boredom, loss, scams, excessive hand washing, intimate relationships, chronic worry and the media hype.
Duration - 11h 27m.
Author - Dr Raj Persaud FRPsych.
Narrator - Richard Burnip.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2021 Dr Raj Persaud ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
For all the horrifying statistics of the number infected by COVID-19, multiply by a factor of 20 to approximate how many worldwide are suffering stress, depression, relationship breakdown and even suicide, as a direct consequence of Coronavirus. In this straight-talking, pragmatic, but hard-hitting exposé, practising psychiatrist Raj Persaud argues for simple, yet powerful, mental strategies to immunise individuals against the panic of the pandemic. For all the lip-service played to the importance of well-being, just why have the known strongest injections of inspiration remained shielded from the public? As well as a how-to guide, the author offers some fascinating insights into just what's been going on. Trump, Boris Johnson, and senior officials like Dominic Cummings appeared to act increasingly bizarrely. Did the strain infect the inner workings of governments around the world? Did those in command go a bit ‘corona crazy’? Exactly why did the UK Health Minister Matt Hancock cry on camera? Learn how to master boredom, loss, scams, excessive hand washing, intimate relationships, chronic worry and the media hype. Duration - 11h 27m. Author - Dr Raj Persaud FRPsych. Narrator - Richard Burnip. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 2021 Dr Raj Persaud ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:22
Epigraph
Duration:00:00:24
Dedication
Duration:00:00:22
Author royalties
Duration:00:02:10
Contents
Duration:00:03:29
To the reader
Duration:00:01:28
Preface WHY A MENTAL VACCINE?
Duration:00:27:05
Introduction A plague of the absurd
Duration:00:42:39
Part One HOW TO COPE WITH CORONA Chapter 01 Why worry is more contagious than any virus
Duration:00:51:36
Chapter 02 How to panic properly over the pandemic
Duration:00:20:48
Chapter 03 Living with loss during lockdown
Duration:00:29:36
Chapter 04 Could the pandemic result in fifty thousand suicides worldwide? How not to become just another statistic
Duration:00:20:39
Chapter 05 Don’t cry for me, Corona
Duration:00:28:38
Chapter 06 How Covid killed comedy: does humour really help heal?
Duration:00:28:32
Chapter 07 Does Corona also kill by boring you to death?
Duration:00:33:46
Chapter 08 The people who have spent twenty years preparing for Corona virus
Duration:00:39:41
Chapter 09 Is the pandemic leading to a new normal of revenge porn?
Duration:00:22:13
Chapter 10 Do psychopaths secure more sex despite social distancing?
Duration:00:26:26
Chapter 11 Loneliness under lockdown
Duration:00:29:11
Chapter 12 The good feud guide
Duration:00:36:31
Chapter 13 Inside the minds of those trolling Captain Sir Tom Moore
Duration:00:09:50
Chapter 14 Coping with quarantine
Duration:00:12:08
Part Two Should you always do what you are told? Chapter 15 Does lockdown imprison the general population?
Duration:00:09:03
Chapter 16 Psychologists predict that public rebellion against the lockdown will erupt
Duration:00:12:59
Chapter 17 Can Dominic Cummings’ mind-set explain lockdown laxity?
Duration:00:20:28
Chapter 18 Psychology behind Neil Ferguson UK government adviser resignation scandal
Duration:00:13:14
Chapter 19 Did Covid karma kill Trump’s campaign?
Duration:00:21:11
Chapter 20 Does the pandemic mean the future is now female?
Duration:00:22:57
Part three How far away is the end? Chapter 21 Will Covid-19 stress impact future generations?
Duration:00:20:12
Chapter 22 What happens if there are no doctors?
Duration:00:22:58
Chapter 23 Can pandemic paranoia produce mass murder?
Duration:00:11:38
Chapter 24 Does fighting Covid on the streets need a new Churchill?
Duration:00:15:40
Chapter 25 'Boomerang' effect of vaccinating three former US presidents
Duration:00:08:51
Chapter 26 Covid-19 on the couch: Sigmund Freud’s surprising analysis
Duration:00:11:49
Epilogue
Duration:00:23:00
About the author
Duration:00:04:36
036 Acknowledgements
Duration:00:01:00
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:29