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Recovering From Ruins: a special report on anxiety and depression amid wildfires and COVID
Amid the worldwide pandemic, Licensed Professional Counselor Lisa Jamison said depression and anxiety were already high but following the South Obenchain and Almeda fires on Sept. 8, suicidal ideation and self-harm have grown even higher.
“Depression and anxiety are through the roof,” Jamison said. “The anxiety around everything that is going on has just increased. It’s just such a hard time.”
Rates of depression in the U.S. have tripled since the onset of Covid-19, according to a fall Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network study – and this trend isn’t expected to subside anytime soon.
Locally the combination of the wildfires and the strain of the coronavirus pandemic has increased the need for mental health treatment.
Eugene firefighters contain garage fire on Sarah Lane
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Eugene firefighters respond to structure fire in University District
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SchooI empIoyee dies after attempting to prevent a 14-year-oId who wanted to Ieave a residentiaI buiIding without permission, only to be struck by the girI, causing fataI injuries: police
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Eugene police investigate report of suspicious man following juvenile girls in Tugman Park
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Eugene police arrest five individuals for DUII over the weekend
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Mother knew her 1-year-old was unweII after Ieaving the chiId with her partner for days, but didn’t bother to check on her and decided to get high and go to sIeep, only to find her unresponsive the foIIowing day, Iater pronounced dead: police
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Crime & Safety1 week ago
Parent caIIs for responsibiIity after her 5-year-oId was Iured by severaI oIder chiIdren ‘who acted friendIy and took the chiId by the hand’ before indcentIy assauIting the girI and brutaIIy beating her untiI she was unconscious, then Ieft her where she was
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Crime & Safety5 days ago
SchooI empIoyee dies after attempting to prevent a 14-year-oId who wanted to Ieave a residentiaI buiIding without permission, only to be struck by the girI, causing fataI injuries: police
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Crime & Safety5 days ago
Woman who cIaims she doesn’t remember kiIIing her father years ago, saying her mother told her she did, now kiIIed the eIderIy woman minutes after the victim caIIed 911 and told the dispatcher her famiIy member was being vioIent: police
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Oregon1 week agoOregon State Police ask for public assistance to identify suspect in fatal hit and run in Douglas County
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Crime & Safety1 week ago
Mother knew her 1-year-old was unweII after Ieaving the chiId with her partner for days, but didn’t bother to check on her and decided to get high and go to sIeep, only to find her unresponsive the foIIowing day, Iater pronounced dead: police
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Eugene7 days ago
Eugene Springfield Fire responds to early morning structure fire in west Eugene
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Eugene7 days ago
Eugene police arrest five individuals for DUII over the weekend
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Eugene7 days ago
Eugene police investigate report of suspicious man following juvenile girls in Tugman Park