Mental health a greater challenge during COVID; crisis doesn’t get attention it deserves, doctor says | The Daily Gazette
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Police and mental health professionals have been busy throughout the pandemic.
Police in Schenectady continue to meet with mental health professionals from Northern Rivers Family of Services when certain emergency calls warrant that type of response.
And at Capital Region TMS, a depression treatment facility on Union Street in Schenectady, director of clinical services Mary Ruhle said she’s out straight with patient appointments, and Ruhle is logging 60-plus hour work weeks.
Her colleague, Dr. Thomas Qualtere, said the pandemic has broadened feelings of isolation, stress and even the mourning of loved ones who died of the coronavirus.