March 31, 2020   Mental Health in a Pandemic State: The Route From Social Isolation to Loneliness COVID-19 has gained its place on the dark side of world history for a variety of reasons: sudden onset, speed of global transmission, mistakes in recognition and management, politically inspired neglect or minimizations. ©Shutterstock Identifying At-Risk Patients During the Pandemic Dr Morganstein, Chair of the American Psychiatric Association Committee on the Psychiatric Dimensions of Disaster, talks about special measures that psychiatrists should take during the pandemic. ©Adobe