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# How The Pandemic Is Affecting Mental Health
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/movies/decibel-securing-your-vote-bipphe/extras/how-pandemic-affecting-mental-health-ssnspa/
- Published: 2026-02-11T20:06:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-12T19:18:13.000Z
- Description: The pandemic has changed our social lives, so how has that affected our mental health?
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Decibel: Securing Your Vote, #ZZZ_Show_167e9b95-93e6-43d7-be23-0561107e33c4, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_be63c93f-d752-472f-a64d-80c593d4e908, #movie-extra

The pandemic has drastically changed what our social lives look like. So, how are all of these changes affecting our mental health? That's what researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are trying to figure out with the Pandemic Project. Samantha Guzman talks with Ashwini Ashokkumar, a researcher on that project.