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About 40% of adults in the United States are struggling with mental health or substance abuse. This graphic is based on a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“Fredericksburg as an area was hit with COVID-19 but at a lesser degree than what they might have experienced in San Antonio or Houston.”
Those who lived in larger cities and other COVID-19 hotspots were most likely to experience the increase. For example, Rickerhauser said, those in
the medical field and other essential workers would — in general — be experiencing more day-to-day trauma than those in Fredericksburg.
