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SOLEDAD: HOW ARE YOU DOING? ACCORDING TO A RECENT KAISER STUDY NEARLY HALF OF ALL AMERICAN ADULTS SAY COVID-19 IS EFFECTING THEIR MENTAL HEALTH TRFRPLT ANXIETY TO EURTDABILITY TO FEELINGS OF HOPELESSNESS. WHILE STRESSES ARE NEW MANY WITH CHRONIC MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES HAVE BEEN WITHOUT THEIR NORMAL NETWORK OF SUPPORT MAKING MATTERS IN THEIR LIVES WORST. I RECENTLY TALKED ABOUT THE EMERGING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS WITH DR. VAILE WRIGHT SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR HEALTHCARE INNOVATION WITH THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. SOLEDAD: DR. VAILE WRIGHT NICE TO TALK TO YOU. A COUPLE OF DATA POINTS 50% OF PARES WHO WERE TOLD BETWEEN ONE AND 10 YOUR STRESS LEVEL THEY SAID THEY ARE BETWEEN EIGHT AND 10. THESE ARE PEOPLE WITH KIDS. ANOTHER SURVEY FOUND THAT 70% OF PEOPLE SAY THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS IS ACTUALLY CAUSING THEM STRESS. THESE NUMBERS ARE QUITE HIGH. ARE YOU SURPRISED? >> HONESTLY, WE WERE SHOCKED. WE PICKED THAT PARENT WITH KIDS UNDER 18 WERE EXPERIENCING A BRUNT OF STRESS BUT WE DIDN'T REALIZE JUST HOW SEVERE IT WAS. WHAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING WAS THAT IT WAS BOTH FATHERS AND MOTHERS. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE STATE OF THE NATION IT FWAS UNIVERSAL. REPUBLICANS. IT WAS ACROSS THE SPECTRUM. EVERYONE IS CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THE FEDERAL RESPONSE IS IMPACTING HOW WE HANDLE COVID. SOLEDAD: HOW IS THAT STRESS THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE NOT JUST STRESS IN PARENTS BUT PEOPLE ACROSS THE BOARD, HOW IS IT MANIFESTING ITSELF IS IT >> PEOPLE OFTEN REPORT HEADACHES, MUSCLE TENSION, STOMACH PROBLEMS, FATIGUE, ALONG WITH IRRITABILITY AND FRUSTRATION, MAYBE LOSING THEIR TEMPER, HAVING A HARD TIME SLEEPING OR EATING TOO MUCH. IT IS OUR BODY'S WAY OF RESPONDING TO STRESSFUL AND WHILE IT IS TOTALLY NORMAL WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WIRE MANAGING IT SO IT IS NORTH SERIOUS. SOLEDAD: WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING? >> WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT ARE INSIDE YOUR CONTROL AND THAT IS YOUR THOUGHTS, FEELINGS AND BEHAVIOR. PARTICULARLY THE FOUNDATIONAL FOUR WHICH IS MAKING SURE YOU ARE EATING HEALTHY, GETTING ADEQUATE SLEEP, STAYING ACTIVE AND REALLY MAINTAINING SOCIAL CONNECTION. THAT IS OFTEN VIRTUAL RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF OUR SITUATION BUT IT IS CRITICAL BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IS A HUGE REDUCER OF STRESS. TO DO THOSE FOUR YOU HAVE TO HAVE A ROUTINE. ROUTINES BRING STRUCTURE AND STABILITY AND THEY HELP US BE MORE EFFECTIVE AT WHAT WE ARE DOING. SOLEDAD: HOW ARE YOU ADVISING PARENTS ON HOW TO SEE THE SIGNS OF STRUGGLE IN THEIR KIDS? I DON'T THINK IT IS OFTEN THE SAME AS ADULTS. >> YOUNGER ADULTS AND CHILDREN DON'T HAVE THE SAIL COPING RESERVES THAT ADULTS HAVE AND THEY RELY ON YOU STRUCTURE AND ROUTINE TO FEEL SAFE AND SKAOURPBD THEY HAVE LOST THAT SO IT IS IMPORTANT WE TALK TO OUR CHILDREN, ASK THEM QUESTIONS, BE HONEST AND OPEN AND BE APPROPRIATE WITH THEM AND MODEL CALM COPING BEHAVIOR. BECAUSE THEY PICK UP ON OUR ANXIETY AND OUR STRESS QUICKLY. SOLEDAD: THE GEORGE FLOYD CASE WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS NOT PART OF CORONAVIRUS BUT HAS LAYERED ON TOP OF THE WHOLE CORONAVIRUS WINDOW WE ARE IN. HAS BROUGHT INCREDIBLE STRESS TO VERY SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES. FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE YOU SEEING IN YOUR DATA INCREASED STRESS FROM THAT COMBINED WITH CORONAVIRUS? >> WE ARE CERTAINLY SEEING PEOPLE PARTICULARLY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR REPORTING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF STRESS ABOUT RACIAL INJUSTICE AND CORONAVIRUS. THEY ARE REPORTING HIGHER STRESS RELATED TO BEING ABLE TO GET HEALTHCARE RESOURCES, BAKE DAY TO DAY THINGS LIKE FOOD AND A HIGH AMOUNT OF FEAR OF GETTING THE VIRUS AND THEIR FAMILY GETTING