We knew pandemic isolation was bad for us, but the virus is also impacting our mental health.
We were staring down the barrel of a 50 year long mental health crisis when Covid came into our world.
Everything that happened next was predictably going to exponentially accelerate that crisis… but now we know our brains are changing due to exposure (especially those who had severe Covid) and leaving us more vulnerable to mental health disease.
In the study, published Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry, Dr. Venexia Walker stated, “The overall incidence of depression remained elevated through 28 weeks – and up to 102 weeks specifically in the group that had Covid-19 before vaccinations were available, the data showed.â€
The folks at Medicare / Medicaid are working diligently to bring new covered digital therapies for mental health to your MD in 2025. In the mean time, if you are suffering, PLAY! CONNECT! And ask for help, because this is as real as it feels like it is. Also, avoid infection – a covid-19 infection is not a cold, even now.
Source:
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/08/21/health/covid-mental-illness-unvaccinated-study
