COVID-19 variant.Some psychotherapists say this latest wave of the pandemic is having an impact on mental health.“It is causing a great deal of difficultly,” said Kelowna psychologist Heather McEachern.“There is already stress and fatigue and the Omicron is just that next layer and level.” British Columbians urged to check in on seniors as arctic air mass approaches McEachern says that’s translating into more demand for mental health services.“People are fatigued, stressed, frightened.
People that were vaccinated are now frightened that they could get sick. They felt more protection prior to Omicron. Now they feel that level of fear heightened again,” McEachern said.The Interior Crisis Line Network, which answers calls from around the.