Pandemic threatens to deepen crisis in mental health care
Story Date: 5/20/2020

 

Source: John Minchillo and Candice Choi, AP NEWS, 5/19/20

 More than three weeks after Brandon Bell stopped showing up at a New York office that serves people with schizophrenia, employees finally located him at a nearby homeless shelter. The office remains open, but patients aren’t stopping by as much during the pandemic. Group activities such as the weekly Caribbean lunch that were also an important source of food have ended because of the coronavirus. Visits from caregivers are less frequent and shorter — usually five or 10 minutes — to reduce the risk of infection.

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