Coping with pandemic stress: From walks outside to a new furry friend
Pastor Keith Norman and his English bulldog Kobe. Kobe is an informal therapy dog. (Submitted)
The director of hospital services at Vanderbilt Behavior Health says the pandemic-associated stress has become like the underlying conditions that make the virus itself more dangerous.
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Don Wade
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