Breakthrough: Handling Isolation

May is mental health awareness month and if the pandemic has spotlighted anything, it's that our mental well-being matters.

We’re not in the stage where everyone is hunkered down at home, but we’re not back to that pre-COVID normal either. And for some, this in-between phase can be stressful. How to cope, is nuanced.  "If someone is stuck at home for more months of this isolation, some people love it. Other people are really tired of it," said Dr. Eric French, medical director of adult psychiatry, Medical Center of Aurora in Colorado. "We have been isolated from the people that we care about. We have extra responsibilities for those of us who are parenting or who have aging parents," said Dr. Flavia Desouza, a board-certified psychiatrist and assistant professor at Howard University.