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COVID-19 Virus Shutdown: Mental Health Struggles and Strategies

  • Writer: Mark Ragins
    Mark Ragins
  • Jan 25, 2021
  • 1 min read

Updated: Feb 11


COViD-19 Virus Shutdown:

Mental Health Struggles and Strategies


By Mark Ragins, MD

CSULB campus psychiatrist



On March 16, my birthday, I learned to use Zoom and took a laptop computer home, where I have been seeing students from ever since. My life has changed in dramatic obvious ways: The only person I’ve been within 6 feet of is my wife. I haven’t been to a movie theater, eaten in a restaurant, gotten a haircut, or walked on the beach since then. I cancelled a trip to Yosemite, and what happened to the Lakers – Clippers playoff series I was looking forwards to?






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