Pandemic creates challenges for veterans dealing with mental health issues | State of Dis•Ease

The past 13 months have been hard on everyone.

Our lives, our jobs, our families; all in distress from the pandemic.

That disruption affected the lives of military veterans, no less than anyone else.

The VA in Toledo also saw the pandemic as trouble from a mental health perspective.

Issues of depression, anxiety, and isolation experienced by veterans who have gone through combat, lost the camaraderie they found in the military and had to deal with separation from civilian life have all been magnified by the pandemic.

Organizations like the VA and H.O.O.V.E.S. in Swanton have been adjusting their procedures so veterans aren't left behind.

FULL STORY: https://www.wtol.com/article/n....ews/health/mental-he

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