STAND Together during COVID-19
In response to the enormous and immediate need for support during COVID-19, UCLA partnered with Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD initiative and Jack Dorsey’s Start Small fund to create an online COVID-19 Care Package. UCLA Depression Grand Challenge’s self-guided website provides self-care strategies and exercises based on research-backed cognitive behavioral therapy principles to help people struggling with stress and anxiety brought on or worsened by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The first installment of the COVID-19 Care Package includes five tips for coping with COVID-19 anxiety, stress and sadness and a video featuring DGC Co-Director, Michelle Craske. New materials will be posted over the next few weeks covering topics such as the following.
- Managing worries
- Maintaining a balanced news diet
- Creating order when you feel overwhelmed
- Finding balance when stretched too thin
- Managing anxiety with going back to work
- Recovering from stress and trauma
- Moving past regret from canceled plans
- Staying calm and managing fears
- Reducing loneliness and feelings of isolation
To receive notifications when new COVID-19 Care Package topics are made available, please subscribe to the DGC’s newsletter.
Additional coverage:
UCLA Teams Up With Beyonce Initiative To Offer Free Online Mental Health Tools During Coronavirus Pandemic CBS Los Angeles, Apr. 27, 2020
Depression Grand Challenge Newsletter Issue #9 – STAND Together during COVID-19 UCLA Depression Grand Challenge, Apr. 24, 2020
BeyGOOD, an initiative founded by Beyoncé, and UCLA offer COVID-19 online toolkit for mental wellness UCLA Newsroom, Apr. 23, 2020
Beyoncé Details $6 Million COVID-19 Relief Effort Rolling Stone, Apr. 23, 2020
BeyGOOD Supports COVID-19 Relief BeyGOOD, Apr. 23, 2020
If you are interested in supporting this effort and increasing COVID-19 Care Package programming, please visit our give to site.
The funding from Beyoncé's BeyGOOD and Jack Dorsey's Start Small fund was subsequently used to create STAND for All, a program offering free self-guided online lessons to teach participants cognitive behavioral skills for self-management of low mood and anxiety.
