Action News Now spoke to a local doctor to see if he's seeing an increase with patients due to anxiety and stress during the coronavirus outbreak.
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Action news now reporter mackenzie drigo spoke to a doctor and is live in chico.
Mackenzie is he seeing an increase with patients due to anxiety and stress?
Bradley smith owns chico immediate care and premiere primary care.
He says they have seen an increase in people needing help dealing with the coronavirus pandemic stress.
Smith tells action news now not everyone needs medication when suffering from stress, anxiety, or depression.
But he says some may need it to help get them through this time.
He tells action news now he'll only prescribe them medicine for a short period of time.
Then he'll evaluate them to see if those patients need more.
Smith says these stressful times can trigger old habbits that have been broken so to be wary of slipping back into them.
Live at chico immediate care mackenzie drigo action news now coverage you can count on smith says if you are struggling with those factors but are afraid to go to the doctor you can contact chico immediate care and ask for them to set you up for telecare which is a virtual check up with a doctor.
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