Dr. Diana Concannon joined a special California-wide broadcast of KPBS midday edition to discuss how communities can look to psychological recovery on the face of the COVID-19 outbreak.
鈥淓motional contagion of itself is pretty neutral鈥 But in cases where individuals are engaging in panic behaviors鈥 that also can be contagious鈥 And it鈥檚 important, when individuals are feeling that they cannot tolerate that level of anxiety, that they do reach out either to friends or family or to the many mental health resources are available.鈥