College can be a period of uncertainty and transition that creates mental health challenges for some students and the stress of a global pandemic can magnify these feelings. In this episode on COVID depression, Jessi Gold, MD, an assistant professor and director of wellness, engagement, and outreach for the Department of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, discusses the unique set of psychological pressures placed on college students as a result of COVID. According to Gold, unpredictability, isolation and worry over societal changes weigh heavy on the minds of today’s youth. Psychiatrists who work with this population should keep these factors in mind.

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Presented by The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Jessi Gold, MD is an assistant professor and director of wellness, engagement, and outreach for the Department of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

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