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COVID-19 depression and anxiety: How to take care of your mental health
Stress, anxiety, hopelessness the emotions that defined the pandemic and how to cope with them. Listen - 08:36
Taking care of your mental health is just as important as taking care of your physical health. Chris Madden/Getty Images
To say that the past year has done a number on our collective mental health is an understatement. The coronavirus pandemic, high rates of unemployment, racial inequality and a divisive, at times hostile, political climate have driven stress way up among Americans. More than 40% of people reported having symptoms of depression and anxiety in January of 2021, compared to just 11% between January and June, 2019.