Dr. Ken Duckworth: Coping During COVID
- Author
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Published
- Mon 30 Nov 2020
- Episode Link
- https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_154_cd1b2153-c7c3-42c2-92e9-d459c85b6df2&uf=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.wgbh.org%2F154%2Ffeed-rss.xml
Dr. Ken Duckworth spoke to Boston Public Radio on Monday about mental health, teletherapy, and coping support during the pandemic.
“Supply [of therapists] was always inadequate to demand,” he said. “But demand has exploded in the context of the pandemic.”
More people are experiencing distress, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, addiction relapse, and recurrence of trauma since COVID-19, Duckworth said.
“More people are seeking help and I think that really reflects the experience that people are having.”
Ken Duckworth is the Senior Medical Director for Behavioral Health at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, and the Medical Director for the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
