Psychologist Mary Alvord holds a video conference with her colleague, psychologist Veronica Raggi, whom she had scheduled to meet in person, in Chevy Chase, Md., Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Amid the coronavirus outbreak, “we have to really deal with reality checks." People with an anxiety disorder tend to focus on “what-if” ideas and worst-case scenarios more than what is going on in the present, she says. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)
March 24, 2020
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March 24, 2020 10:49 p.m.
They already had an anxiety disorder. Now comes a pandemic.
NEW YORK (AP) — At first, Jonathon Seidl wasn't worried about the coronavirus despite his anxiety disorder. But that changed.