Managing stress and anxiety during the lock- down

While the unprecedented measures of trying to slow and interrupt transmission of COVID -19 are buying us time and reducing pressure on our health systems, it is coming at a significant social and economic cost. Physical distancing and isolation measures, the closure of schools and workplaces are particularly challenging us. As they affect what we love to do, where we want to be and who we want to be with,

It is in this light that stress, fear and loneliness have become the order of the day.

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