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COVID-19′s latest toll in Central Florida: Rising drug overdoses, mental health issues
By KATE SANTICH
ORLANDO SENTINEL |
SEP 18, 2020 AT 10:54 AM
The coronavirus pandemic has brought a fresh crop of mental health challenges — isolation, uncertainty, loss, fear and stress — and is being blamed for a “historic” increase in drug overdoses in Central Florida along with widespread distress.
“Daily life has changed,” UCF psychologist David Rozek said. “We don’t know when a new normal is going to happen, and sometimes it seems like a different timeline is being offered up every day.”
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By KATE SANTICH
ORLANDO SENTINEL |
SEP 18, 2020 AT 10:54 AM
The coronavirus pandemic has brought a fresh crop of mental health challenges — isolation, uncertainty, loss, fear and stress — and is being blamed for a “historic” increase in drug overdoses in Central Florida along with widespread distress.
“Daily life has changed,” UCF psychologist David Rozek said. “We don’t know when a new normal is going to happen, and sometimes it seems like a different timeline is being offered up every day.”
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