#244 Mental Health: The Link Between COVID & Depression

<p class="">Pilot episode for our <a href= "https://mentalhealth.fm/episodes/link-between-covid-and-depression"> new podcast! </a></p> <p class="">//</p> <p class="">Over the last two years, there’s been a lot of discussion about the short and long-term side-effects of COVID-19.</p> <p class="">But something I’d never heard anyone talk about was the proven link between depression and the virus itself… That was until I got COVID myself and hopped on the phone with my dear friend Steve Ilardi (who just so happens to be a Clinical Researcher and one of the world’s leading experts on depression).</p> <p class="">The rest, as they say, is history.</p> <p class="">In today’s first-ever, special pilot, episode myself and Steve catch up to chat about:</p> <ul data-rte-list="default"> <li> <p class="">Why the risk of depression doubles after a COVID infection</p> </li> <li> <p class="">How COVID affects the brain (including why we lose our sense of taste/smell)</p> </li> <li> <p class="">And what we can do to protect ourselves and the people we love from this rarely talked about side-effect.</p> </li> </ul> <p class=""><br /> Thanks so much for being here and we really hope you enjoy!</p> <p class="">//</p> <p class=""><strong>Subscribe to the new show here:</strong></p> <p class=""><a href= "https://mentalhealth.fm/episodes/link-between-covid-and-depression"> https://mentalhealth.fm/episodes/link-between-covid-and-depression</a></p>