Only One Mental Health Hospital In Jamaica: Should We Be Concerned?

Psychologists are engaging with the mental fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Lives have been changed and stress levels have been elevated as pandemic anxiety and lockdown fatigue take effect.

But are there potential benefits that can accrue as a result of the trauma?

We discuss pandemic panic and the psychological impact of COVID-19.

We are joined by Senator Dr. Saphire Longmore consultant psychiatrist in the section of psychiatry at the UWI Mona campus and Dr. Geoffrey Walcott consultant psychiatrist and clinical director of psychotherapy associates LTD.

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