A Year Later: The Mental Impact of Pandemic Anxiety

A Year Later: The Mental Impact of Pandemic Anxiety
Mental health expert Gregory Jantz, advises as a first step, to "move from 'self' focus to 'other' focus." YAKOBCHUK VIACHESLAV/Shutterstock
Barbara Danza
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Last year I spoke to mental health expert Gregory Jantz, author of “The Anxiety Reset: A Life-Changing Approach to Overcoming Fear, Stress, Worry, Panic Attacks, OCD and More” about the impact of lockdowns imposed to combat a pandemic. At the time, he shared his concerns about how people were handling weeks of shutdowns.

After more than a year of continuing measures, Jantz revisits Americans’ mental health. Here’s what he said.

Barbara Danza
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Barbara Danza is a contributing editor covering family and lifestyle topics. Her articles focus on homeschooling, family travel, entrepreneurship, and personal development. She contributes children’s book reviews to the weekly booklist and is the editor of “Just For Kids,” the newspaper’s print-only page for children. Her website is Barbara-Danza.com
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