Pandemic Prevention Measures Fuel Mental Health Crisis

Pandemic Prevention Measures Fuel Mental Health Crisis
Pedestrians walk past a closed business in Montreal on April 24, 2020. Pandemic protocols have led to an increase in depression, stress, and suicide. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Closed businesses and social isolation due to pandemic protocols have led to an increase in depression, stress, and suicide, according to surveys and mental health experts.

“I’m seeing a level of fear that I’ve not seen in my clinical experience over 20 years,” Dr. Roger McIntyre, professor of psychiatry and pharmacology at the University of Toronto, told the Epoch Times.

Lee Harding
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Lee Harding is a journalist and think tank researcher based in Saskatchewan, and a contributor to The Epoch Times.
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