Remote cognitive behavioral psychotherapy for stress disorder associated with the COVID-19 pandemic
This article presents for the first time the symptoms of pandemic-related stress disorder. The article describes the general specifics of remote cognitive behavioral psychotherapy in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, highlights its advantages and disadvantages. The components of remote examination of the mental state of a patient with a pandemic stress disorder are described. The modules and effectiveness of the short-term protocol of cognitive behavioral psychotherapy Anderson's approach is aimed at influencing the patient's viral anxiety by minimizing dysfunctional strategies for regulating emotions (anxiety rumination, catastro-phization, health anxiety) and replacing them with more flexible ones (acceptance and responsibility, a sense of optimal awareness, a positive time perspective for the future, decatastrophization). The Protocol of remote trauma-oriented cognitive behavioral psychotherapy and its effectiveness.