id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-300617-sntnel5p Hill, Patrick L. Derailment as a Risk Factor for Greater Mental Health Issues following Pandemic 2020-05-13 .txt text/plain 845 45 53 Given the need for mental health professionals to target interventions and limited resources to those most in need, we suggest there is value for mental RUNNING HEAD: Derailment in a Pandemic 2 health professionals to assess these feelings of derailment -an individual's sense of disconnection from their past selves, life directions, and motivations (Burrow, Hill, Ratner, & Fuller-Rowell, 2020) . When considering the current environment, the COVID-19 pandemic presents with several factors that researchers for decades have suggested will lead to greater impact from major life events (for a review, see Luhmann, Fassbender, Alcock, & Haehner, 2020) . Namely, derailment captures not only a sense of perceived self-change but also whether individuals feel that their motivations and life directions have been continuous over time. As such, derailment may be an especially important indicator of who is in greater need of mental health care in this time of crisis, by helping to identify those individuals most susceptible to trauma rather than resilience following the event. ./cache/cord-300617-sntnel5p.txt ./txt/cord-300617-sntnel5p.txt