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The Coronavirus Pandemic's Toll on Mental Health

Season 48

We should treat mental health with the same sense of urgency as the COVID pandemic.

The precautions we’ve taken to quell the coronavirus pandemic—sheltering in place, social distancing, not spending much time with people outside our own households—have exacerbated America’s mental health crisis.

AIR DATE 5/7/21

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