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COVID-19 could lead to an epidemic of clinical depression

  • Written by Jonathan Kanter, Director of the Center for the Science of Social Connection, University of Washington

Isolation, social distancing and extreme changes in daily life are hard now, but the United States also needs to be prepared for what may be an epidemic of clinical depression because of COVID-19.

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