How Extended COVID-19 Lockdowns Pose a Serious Threat to Mental Health

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🗓️ 6 July 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Americans' mental and emotional health can't be ignored in the fight against COVID-19.

Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz, assistant secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services for mental health and substance use, joins the show to explain the physiological effects of extended isolation.

McCance-Katz is both an epidemiologist and a psychiatrist. That enables her to have a uniquely holistic perspective about the most effective way to protect the whole health of Americans during the pandemic.

If you are struggling with anxiety or depression, check out these resources:

We also read your letters to the editor and share the words of President Ronald Reagan on July 4, 1986, as he reminded Americans of where we came from and the importance of unity to maintain our national strength.

Enjoy the show!

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Monday, July 6th. I'm Robert Bluey.
0:09.6	And I'm Virginia Allen. On today's show we share my recent conversation with Dr.
0:14.8	Eleanor McCants Cats, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for
0:19.8	Mental Health and Substance Use. Dr. McCants,
0:23.3	join me on problematic women in June
0:25.2	to discuss the mental and emotional effects
0:27.9	of extended quarantine and social distancing
0:30.4	on Americans.
0:31.5	And we want to share that conversation with you all today.
0:34.0	Dr. McCants is both an epidemiologist and a psychiatrist.
0:39.0	So I found her perspective really insightful as we continue to navigate and fight the virus but also seek
0:46.7	to get Americans back to work. We also have your letters to the editor and we take a few minutes
0:52.1	to listen to the words of President Ronald Reagan
0:54.9	on July 4th, 1986 as he reminded all Americans of where we have come from and the importance
1:01.1	of unity in order to maintain our strength.
1:04.0	Before we get to today's show, we want to tell you about the most popular resource on the
1:09.1	Heritage Foundation website, the Guide to the Constitution.
1:13.0	More than 100 scholars have contributed to create a unique line-by-line analysis of our Constitution.
1:19.0	The Guide is intended to provide a brief and accurate explanation of each clause of the Constitution as envisioned by the framers and has applied in contemporary law.
1:28.0	If you want to gain a deeper understanding of our founding document, visit heritage.org slash Constitution,
1:35.7	or simply search for heritage guide to the Constitution.
1:39.1	Well, Virginia, there's certainly no better time
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