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Hoarding, stockpiling, panic buying: What's normal behavior in an abnormal time?

  • Written by Carol Mathews, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Florida
imageHoarding, stockpiling and panic buying have all increased during the pandemic. Grace Cary via Getty Images

Symptoms of depression, anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorders have emerged or worsened for many during the pandemic. This is no surprise to clinicians and scientists, who have been increasing worldwide access to mental health information...

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