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Mental health over the holidays: A tough time for patients and providers

The holidays are a stressful time for many people, even without the added burdens of the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain issues, seasonal affective disorder (SAD), increased alcohol and substance use, and increased political polarization. A 2014 National Alliance on Mental Illness study showed that 64% of people with mental illness report holidays make their conditions worse. That stress isn’t limited to patients; it affects healthcare workers as well. Most readers will be able to come up with a couple of sources of tension—such as money and gifts, familial and interpersonal relationships, or travel and work.

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