Collected Item: “Mental Health in the Winter of a Pandemic”
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Mental Health in the Winter of a Pandemic
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text
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Every winter there is a rise in anxiety and depression. Shorter days, colder temperatures, and staying inside all contribute to a widespread worsening mental health. The pandemic has already had a drastic affect on mental health but most of the pandemic has been during the spring, summer, and fall. Now that we are entering the final season of the year and COVID cases are rising, we are in for a tougher winter. Shutdowns are happening again and people are having to go into more intense quarantines again will will have large effects on people's mental health.
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#HSE, #MentalHealth, #Winter2020
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https://thewalrus.ca/the-mental-health-toll-of-a-pandemic-winter/
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The Walrus
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2020-11-20