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The nation is experiencing a psychological crisis as we approach this holiday season. (R, R, R, R, R, R, R, R) Although the full extent of the current events\u2019 impact on America\u2019s mental health is still\u00a0 being calculated, there is a high concern among experts that suicides (R, R), clinical depression (R) domestic violence, substance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":109,"featured_media":1678,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[430,131,540,576,1026,78,1027,1028,1022,1023,1024,1029,1025,25,100,127],"class_list":["post-1674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-albany-new-york-naturopathic-doctor","tag-ballston-spa-naturopathic-doctor","tag-capital-region-and-albany-ny-naturopathic-and-functional-doctor","tag-clifton-park-ny-naturopathic-and-functional-medicine-doctor","tag-effects-of-loneliness","tag-functional-and-naturopathic-medicine-schenectady-ny","tag-holidays-2020","tag-holidays-loneliness","tag-isolation","tag-isolation-mental-health","tag-loneliness","tag-mental-health-holidays","tag-mental-health-loneliness","tag-naturopathic-doctor","tag-naturopathic-doctor-clifton-park-ny","tag-naturopathic-doctor-saratoga-ny"],"yoast_head":"\r\n
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