State of Mind
“There is this generalised psychological distress and anxiety that is quite palpable as a result of the pandemic,” says Dr Rene Samaniego, psychiatrist and psychotherapist at Makati Medical Center, past president of the Philippine Psychiatric Association and currently the Secretary for Education and training of the Asian Federation of Psychiatric Associations. “We can’t ignore it as our lives have been completely turned around and disrupted. We are grieving the loss of our former lives. We are all essentially in grief now and it’s very complicated as with it comes a lot of uncertainty.” The words of Samaniego resonate with many as
