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 Kris Mohandie, PhD, ABPP
The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Worldwide Catastrophic Event and Global Reset
This presentation/keynote address will address the psychological and general fallout from the Covid-19 Pandemic. Mental health workers, and society alike, have been faced with a worldwide catastrophic event unlike any other. Contextually, this has created and exacerbated trauma on a massive scale. It is critical to identify the myriad of variables impacting the well-being of those we serve, and the complicated context in which services are delivered by caregivers who themselves are impacted. Unique characteristics of these traumas and related variables will be discussed, including the nature of biohazard threat, interpersonal isolation and alienation, direct and vicarious traumatization, developmental derailment, and economic and systemic disruption and loss. However, within this worldwide disaster, the positive opportunities for global reset will be identified, including opportunities for enhanced human connection, and to address long-ignored health, economic, and systemic variables affecting global well-being. 
Dr. Kris Mohandie is a clinical, police, and forensic psychologist with over thirty years of experience in the assessment and management of violent behavior. He has extensive experience in the arena of human and natural trauma. He is licensed as a psychologist in several states including California, Alaska, New York, Nevada, and Utah. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) in Police and Public Safety Psychology.
He has consulted in field responses and case investigations for local, state, and federal law enforcement organizations including LAPD’s Threat Management Unit, SWAT/Crisis Negotiation Team, and the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Program. He responded on-scene to the O.J. Simpson barricade and the North Hollywood Bank Robbery Shootout. Dr. Mohandie has consulted to, and testified in numerous extreme violence and homicide cases, including single, mass, and serial homicide cases. Dr. Mohandie, along with several others, has participated in two scientific studies of mass murder, including those perpetrated by adults and adolescents. He has several coauthored chapters which appear in the 2014 book, International Handbook of Threat Assessment.
Dr. Mohandie has conducted extensive trial pending and prison interviews of violent offenders, including a number of stalkers, hostage takers, workplace and school violence perpetrators, serial, and multiple murderers.
Dr. Mohandie’s work has been featured in the New York Times, USA Today, and LA Times, and he has appeared in the news programs of CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, BBC, and Fox, as well as programs on Investigative Discovery, A&E, History, and the Discovery Channel. He was the host and a producer on the Investigative Discovery show, Most Evil, and the 2018 series Breaking Homicide. His true crime book, Evil Thoughts: Wicked Deeds was released November 5, 2019.
He regularly consults on matters of risk and threat management to the private and public sector, including the entertainment industry.
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Audra Langley, PhD