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Raison: Are there a connections between viruses and mental health?

“… a lot of people with mental health issues experience a general increased risk of poor health outcomes. But the pandemic started to shine a brighter light on why, bolstering a hypothesis that’s been accruing evidence in recent years.

It appears that something in the body, something biological associated with these disorders, may be at play. “That suggests there’s a physiologic vulnerability there in these folks,” said Charles Raison, a psychiatrist and researcher at the University of Wisconsin Madison.”


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Read the full article at: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/22783685/covid-19-depression-mental-health-risks-immunology