"Look Again: Mental Illness Re-Examined" (BCSS Podcast) S1E3: SZ & COVID 19: A Family's Story

SEASON 1 | EPISODE 3
Title: Schizophrenia & COVID-19: A Family’s Story
Synopsis:
In this special episode, learn about the alarming statistics revealing Schizophrenia as the second-highest risk factor in COVID-19 mortality rates, and discover what it’s like to live through a pandemic with a mental illness. In part one, host Faydra Aldridge is joined by a woman who witnessed how the stress and uncertainty of living in the time of COVID have exacerbated her brother’s mental illness. And in part two, we interview Dr. Katlyn Nemani, NYU Langone neuropsychiatrist and lead author of the study that identified concrete connections between COVID-19 and people with schizophrenia in New York City.
For more details and resources mentioned in this episode:
www.bcss.org/lookagain