The recent COVID-19 outbreak has not only become a major public health crisis, but it has also been impacting the way we think and behave every day. This video explores the psychological impact that the virus is having on the public and health care workers as well as the steps we can take to help each other not only with the virus but with our mental health.

This video was made by McMaster Demystifying Medicine students Alexander Ognjanovic, Cassandra McDonald, Khashayar Poorzargar and Sana Rashid.

Copyright McMaster University 2020.

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