When Premiere Medical Associates started doing their drive through testing two weeks ago, they expected a lot of calls. But they say out of the 2 thousand calls they receive each week - a huge portion are from people needing help coping with things like anxiety, depression, and obsessive compulsive disorder. "We are social beings, we are not meant to isolate," said Susan Roy a licensed clinical social worker for PMA.
Roy is working to get a Care Chatline up and running to help those struggling with all the life changes brought on by the pandemic. "Eighty percent of those calls were related to mental health issues," said Roy. "People who are alone, people saying they can't be with their loved one.When someone got sick and their loved one