Millions of people in North America watched helplessly as the coronavirus epidemic rolled over first Asia and then Europe. And when that inevitable tide hit North America, fear and anxiety levels across the continent shot through the roof. And as those anxiety levels rise, so too does the mental health toll on both victims and those untouched by the virus. Read the rest of this article at The Toronto Star…
“In the entire month of February, we had maybe 25 calls come in that had something to do with COVID-19,” said Stacy Ashton, executive director of the Crisis Centre of B.C., an emotional support and crisis intervention hotline based in Vancouver. “In the last two weeks, we’ve seen that just explode. We’re seeing hundreds of calls come in where COVID or coronavirus is one of the things that people want to talk about, or are worried about.”
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