The mental health crisis continues, and the Wiregrass is not excluded.
Dr. Leah McKnight-Haas said this increase has some to do with the pandemic, but it also has to do with the presence of a huge mental health push as more people are encouraged to break the stigma and have that conversation.
“You may withdraw from activities or interests that you used to enjoy and at first it may be very subtle where you may not want to go shopping and you used to like to go shopping, or read and you used to like to read,” Dr. McKnight-Haas said. “But, then as symptoms start to progress, you start to withdraw from other people and activities, and then that’s when family may start to notice or friends may start to notice and even bring it to your attention.
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