Mental health requests up due to pandemic

With days getting shorter, this is the time of year that many people start to feel the effects of Seasonal Affective Disorder, or seasonal depression.
This year, those symptoms are likely to be exacerbated by the ongoing pandemic, which has been impacting Canadians’ mental health since March.
Lisa Carricato, mental health educator at the Sault Ste. Marie branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association said the number of CMHA Access calls have increased significantly since the pandemic beg