By Andrea Michelson, Photo: Crystal Cox/Business Insider, April 7, 2022
Even as certain indicators of the pandemic, like hospital admissions and mask requirements, have declined or disappeared, the mental toll of the pandemic continues to pose a public health crisis.
People from nearly every age group and profession — children, parents, college students, and frontline workers — have struggled with their mental health over the past two-plus years. Those with preexisting physical and/or emotional challenges found themselves especially vulnerable to the stress of social isolation in the face of a viral threat.
For healthcare workers on the front lines, the level of mental distress reported early in the pandemic was similar to the moral injury experienced by soldiers who served in combat zones, according to a recent study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
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