With rising case loads, physical isolation from loved ones, and, for many, a loss of routine and purpose, Americans have been enduring a mental-health crisis alongside the medical one for months.
A May study found more than a third of adults have signs of clinical anxiety or depression.
That's understandable, Julie Pike, a clinical psychologist in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, who specializes in anxiety disorders, told Business Insider. "Anxiety is mother nature's way of trying to protect us by pushing us to resolve uncertainty and figure out a solution," she said.
