Pandemic Anxiety and Depression Ahead of the Holidays

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 21, 2021

Amid the new omicron variant, many are making tough decisions on whether or not to see family this holiday season. Ashwin Vasan, MD, PhD, epidemiologist and professor at Columbia and C.E.O. of Fountain House, a community-based mental and public health organization, joins to discuss the mental health toll on yet another winter in a pandemic, and talks about the path forward to fixing our mental healthcare system.

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