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Marking a year since COVID-19 was declared a worldwide emergency, Utah health experts are warning of what one called “a second pandemic within that pandemic.”
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health has likely not been fully realized yet, but studies are already showing concerning trends, including increases of anxiety, depression and substance abuse in the state and nationwide, local mental health experts said in a virtual news conference hosted by the University of Utah’s Huntsman Mental Health Institute.
“A year ago today, we began to go into a circumstance that we’ve never had before in our lifetimes,” Dr. Mark Rapaport, CEO of the Huntsman Mental Institute, said Thursday.
SALT LAKE CITY Marking a year since COVID-19 was declared a worldwide emergency, Utah health experts are warning of what one called a second pandemic within that pandemic.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health has likely not been fully realized yet, but studies are already showing concerning trends, including increases of anxiety, depression and substance abuse in the state and nationwide, local mental health experts said in a virtual news conference hosted by the University of Utah s Huntsman Mental Health Institute. A year ago today, we began to go into a circumstance that we ve never had before in our lifetimes, Dr. Mark Rapaport, CEO of the Huntsman Mental Institute, said Thursday.
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In this Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, file photo, Meghan Markle, then Duchess of Sussex, launches the Smart Works capsule collection at John Lewis in Oxford Street. Her recent interview with Oprah Winfrey on CBS touched on issues of depression and suicide.
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After Meghan Markle sent shock waves across the globe Sunday night as she revealed her struggles with suicide ideation, mental health experts in Utah say her story could reduce stigma to an issue faced by so many.
As she joined the British royal family, tabloids began targeting Markle the former actress from the U.S. who married Prince Harry with racist, sexist headlines. The media attacks hurt her friends and family and sent her into depression, she recalled.
SALT LAKE CITY After Meghan Markle sent shock waves across the globe Sunday night as she revealed her struggles with suicide ideation, mental health experts in Utah say her story could reduce stigma to an issue faced by so many.
As she joined the British royal family, tabloids began targeting Markle the former actress from the U.S. who married Prince Harry with racist, sexist headlines. The media attacks hurt her friends and family and sent her into depression, she recalled.
Markle said she felt the hateful articles would end if she no longer existed. I knew if I didn t say it, that I would do it. I just didn t want to be alive anymore. And that was a very clear and real and frightening, constant thought, Markle told Oprah Winfrey during the bombshell interview on CBS.