• Judite Blanc, Anthony Q Briggs, Azizi A Seixas, Marvin Reid, Girardin Jean-Louis, and Seithikurippu R Pandi-Perumal.
• Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Center for Healthful Behavior Change.
• Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2021 Jan 1; 34 (1): 29-35.

Purpose Of ReviewThe mental health toll on populations exposed to COVID-19 is alarming, and there is a need to address this with urgency. This current review provides insights on how individuals, communities, and specific populations, such as healthcare workers and patients are leveraging pre-COVID-19 and peri-COVID-19 factors to reinforce their psychological resilience during the global public health crisis.Recent FindingsExamination of the extant literature indicated that populations around the world rely often on support from their loved-ones, closed significant others, outdoor and physical activities, and spirituality to cope with the COVID-19-related distress. Increased sense of meaning/purpose since the COVID-19 pandemic was also reported.SummaryA portion of publications provided intervention models to reinforce resilience among specific populations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, it is not convincing that some of these models can be applied universally. Additionally, it is important to note that in this category, translational data was scarce.

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