Just Got Diagnosed – Founded by Gary McClain, PhD
Resources for individuals recently diagnosed with chronic and catastrophic medical conditions, their caregivers, and loved ones.

Professional Caregivers

  1. Helping Patients: Recognizing Our Own Emotions as Healthcare Professionals  

  2. Helping Patients: When the Diagnosis Involves End-of-Life Issues  

  3. Helping Patients: Creating a Vision for the Future 

  4. Helping Patients: Communicating with Family Members and Caregivers

  5. Helping Patients: Connecting with a Sense of Meaning  

  6. Helping Patients: Coping with Effects on Self-Image

  7. Helping Patients: Developing a Support Plan with Patients  

  8. Helping Patients: Encouraging Patients to Gather Information

  9. Helping Patients: Helping Patients to Communicate with Healthcare Professionals 

  10. Helping Patients: Emotions and Healthcare Decision-Making

  11. Helping Patients: Acknowledging and Confronting the Fear Factor 

  12. Helping Patients: Acknowledging Emotional Reactions 

  13. Helping Patients: Recognizing the Initial Coping Styles

  14. Helping Patients: Starting the Conversation About a Medical Diagnosis  

  15. Mental Health Crisis Line 988 is Now Available! 

  16. When Anger Turns Into Abuse

  17. In This Time of Crisis, Be Inspired by the Serenity Prayer

  18. I’m Having Thoughts About My Mortality. What Does That Mean?

  19. Work/Live Balance. A Five-Step Approach to Achieving It Your Way

  20. My Condition Has Changed Me. I Don’t Recognize Myself 

  21. I’m Worried About My Children’s Future

  22. The Power of the Hug

  23. Enough with the Silver Lining, Already!

  24. A Breakthrough in Therapy!!! Now What’s That Really Mean?

  25. HIV Q&A: I Love Barebacking. But I Know I Shouldn’t

  26. Someone With my Condition Just Died. What Does That Mean for Me?

  27. When You Don’t Think You Can Keep Going

  28. You and Your Relationships. A Positive Perspective on Negative People.

  29. When the Diagnosis is Terminal. Eleven Steps Toward Coping… and Hope

  30. Depression? Or Diabetes Distress? Here’s Why it Matters and What You Can Do!

  31. Coping with Cancer: Just Got Diagnosed?

  32. Life Lessons That Chronic Conditions Teach Us: A Baker’s Dozen.

  33. Healthcare Professionals: Acknowledging Emotional Reactions in Newly-Diagnosed Patients

  34. Healthcare Professionals: Facilitating the Medical Decision-Making Process

  35. Therapists: Helping Newly-Diagnosed Clients