The long-term pain of the mental health pandemic

The long-term pain of the mental health pandemic

During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., there were significant increases in acute stress and depressive symptoms, according to a [UCI] study published earlier this week in Science Advances. Higher levels of exposure to COVID-19-related media worsened symptoms as well, especially if that media contained conflicting information about the coronavirus — which, of course, has largely been the case since the start of the pandemic.