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Pandemic spikes prescriptions for depression, anxiety, insomnia as expert warns of mental health crisis

By Filings on Fri, 04/24/20
Society & Culture
Mental Illness
Anxiety
Coronavirus

“Express Scripts research shows that the number of prescriptions filled per week for antidepressant, anti-anxiety and anti-insomnia medications increased 21 percent between Feb. 16 and March 15, peaking the week ending March 15, when the virus was declared a pandemic.” - CPost

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