physical effects of the novel coronavirus, the onset and continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic have dramatically affected people’s mental health in the United States and worldwide.A recent study highlighted how levels of depression in the U.S.
have tripled during the pandemic. Symptoms of anxiety may also be on the rise, according to recent trends in Google searches.
Understandably, the pandemic generates fear in many people, as the world finds itself in an unprecedented situation filled with uncertainty.
People manage uncertainties in different ways, but there is a risk that the stress the pandemic causes may trigger an ongoing mental health problem in some people.