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Tips for maintaining mental health during the pandemic: mindfulness, routines, less junk food - Twin Cities
A side effect of the coronavirus — anxiety — is spreading even faster than the disease itself.
Sue Abderholden, executive director of the state’s chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI, says the signs are everywhere of mental health under siege.
In March, when the virus first arrived in force in the United States, calls to a crisis hotline jumped fivefold, according to the federal Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration. NAMI’s website, namimn.org, has seen a surge of interest.
A side effect of the coronavirus — anxiety — is spreading even faster than the disease itself.
Sue Abderholden, executive director of the state’s chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI, says the signs are everywhere of mental health under siege.
In March, when the virus first arrived in force in the United States, calls to a crisis hotline jumped fivefold, according to the federal Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration. NAMI’s website, namimn.org, has seen a surge of interest.