How has a year of a COVID pandemic affected our mental health?
Unsurprisingly, the pandemic — along with economic uncertainty, a summer of racial injustice protests and an anxiety-inducing election cycle — has negatively impacted our mental health. The Greenville News spoke with local experts last week and they noted that demand for mental health and substance abuse services has increased in the last year — anxiety, depression and addiction have increased. "Mental health needs of our communities has skyrocketed," Dr. Karen Lommel, Prisma Health's chief medical officer for behavioral health, said. "Both inpatient acute visits in the [emerge...
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