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Southern Albertans dealing with ‘mental toll’ as COVID-19 continues
Canadian Mental Health Week, and as the COVID-19 pandemic continues on, so does the need for supports.David Gabert, a southern Alberta communications lead with the Canadian Mental Health Association, said the pandemic has shed light on the importance of making mental health supports readily available.“One of the things that the pandemic has really highlighted is our need for letting people know where help is and how to easily access it without a barrier,” he explained.According to data collected by the University of B.C. and CMHA, the mental health of 40 per cent of Canadians has “deteriorated” since the onset of the pandemic, and 77 per cent of adults report feeling so-called negative emotions as a result of COVID-19.