April 2, 2020
The Mental Health Effects of Coronavirus Are a “Slow-Motion Disaster”
Mother Jones, April 2, 2020
The Mental Health Effects of Coronavirus Are a “Slow-Motion Disaster”
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, hotlines in the US are seeing a spike in activity that might be unprecedented. That’s because the situation is, too. “This feels different, and it is,” said Roxane Cohen Silver, a professor of psychological science, medicine and public health at the University of California, Irvine. “This is an invisible threat: We don’t know who is infected, and anyone could infect us. This is an ambiguous threat: We don’t know how bad it will get … we don’t know how long it will last. And this is a global threat: No community is safe.