Month: November 2020

By Joseph Ostapiuk | [email protected] STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Months after the coronavirus (COVID-19) first ravaged Staten Island, health care workers on the borough are once again staring down a flood of infections that is slowly filling the borough’s hospital beds — only this time, the mental stresses wrought by the first wave are an equally-daunting…

From worsening COVID-19 surges to economic distress and political and social unrest, people around the world are facing turbulent times, and it’s taking a toll on our mental health. Recent surveys show that more than half of American adults are suffering from mental health issues because of the pandemic, and 64% of U.S. physicians say the crisis has intensified…