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‘I’m literally breaking inside’: As COVID-19 leaves millions jobless and struggling, the mental health toll rises – USA TODAY

Among the millions of Americans who lost jobs during the economic downturn sparked by COVID-19, the toll on mental health is widespread.

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Mental health treatment through telemedicine helps, but patients with schizophrenia at D.C.’s McClendon Center miss face to face contact and routine.
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When Sandra Fowler lost her job as a hotel manager in March, she thought of the many homeless people sleeping on the streets of Tucson, Arizona, and feared she would soon be among them. 
“I could mentally see myself on the street,” says Fowler, 58. “That type of anxiety is what kept me up at night … I was planning on being homeless…

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