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VIDEO: Express News Group Hosts Panel Discussion, 'Out of the Darkness: Mental Health Challenges in the Wake of the Pandemic'

Out of the Darkness: Mental Health Challenges in the Wake of the Pandemic
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Out of the Darkness: Mental Health Challenges in the Wake of the Pandemic

The panel.

The panel.

authorStaff Writer on Oct 24, 2022

As part of its “Innovating Health Care on the East End” series, The Express News Group hosted a virtual panel discussion on the state of mental health care following the pandemic on Thursday, October 20.

The discussion, “Out of the Darkness: Mental Health Challenges in the Wake of the Pandemic,” was held via the Zoom platform.

Panelists included Katherine Karan, obstetrics nurse manager at Peconic Bay Medical Center: Susan Wilner, assistant director of behavioral health services at Stony Brook Medicine; Dr. Lloyd Simon, director of addiction services at Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital; Janet Jackowski, vice president of behavioral and social services at Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital; Dr. Douglas K. Hoverkamp, director of the psychiatry department and psychiatric director of Quannacut Outpatient at Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital; and Dr. Guy Maytal of Weill Cornell Medicine. The panel was moderated by Executive Editor Joseph P. Shaw.

Full coverage of the discussion will be included in a health care special section of The Express News Group on November 10.

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