A new study reveals that people with schizophrenia are roughly two-and-a-half times more likely to die if diagnosed with COVID-19 than individuals who do not have that mental illness.
"Hospitals across the country can help caregivers function in a time of coronavirus by offering them a buddy system of private peer support and unfiltered truth-telling," writes Dr. Lloyd Sederer.
If you have not been following public health protocols, Dr. Jeffrey Cohen says, your guilt is "doing its job" by reminding you not to put yourself or your community at risk.
"Although relatively uncommon, eating disorders remain an important concern for clinicians and researchers as well as the general public," writes Dr. B. Timothy Walsh.
"We know that this pandemic has produced monstrous stress and heartache in our health-care professionals, especially front-line doctors, nurses, and technicians," writes Dr. Lloyd Sederer.
