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Virus of fear
anna liminowicz
Oct 11, 2021
Poland ranks 2nd in Europe in terms of suicides under the age of 19 - one school disappears every year. Child and adolescent wards in psychiatric hospitals are overcrowded, and mental crises are still a taboo subject.
Virus of fear is a photographic document showing how COVID-19 affects the mental health of people in Poland. It includes interviews with people who speak openly about how the virus has caused or exacerbated depression and anxiety. These are meetings with specialists who tell how treatment has changed, but also how the pandemic has affected their mental health.
( 2020-2021 )
This work was supported by the National Geographic Society's Emergency Fund for Journalists.
Publication: Gazeta Wyborcza