The stress epidemic: Powerful new treatments for anxiety and depression
13 Dec, 2020 10:08 PM
12 minutes to read
Even those who have never experienced a mood disorder before may have found themselves struggling in 2020. Photo / 123RF
Even those who have never experienced a mood disorder before may have found themselves struggling in 2020. Photo / 123RF
By: Nicky Pellegrino
As depression exerts a growing grip, remedies from microdosing psychedelics to getting active are in the spotlight. By Nicky Pellegrino.
If ever there was a year to induce anxiety and depression, it has been 2020.
Even those who have never experienced a mood disorder before may have found themselves struggling. Has the Covid-19 pandemic sparked a depression epidemic? Science is still playing catch-up, but the early signs are that lockdowns, financial worries and fear of the virus have taken a heavy psychological toll on many of us.