Strategies for Managing Anxiety Amid Uncertainty

The number of Americans experiencing anxiety has been rising, especially since the start of the pandemic.

There also aren't enough providers to meet the need, making it tough to access proper treatment for millions of Americans.

NPR's Juana Summers talks to Catherine Ettman, a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, about how the pandemic caused anxiety to spike.

And NPR's Rhitu Chatterjee shares some strategies that could help manage anxiety.

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