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    Socially distanced teaching: The mental health impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on special education teachers
    (Wiley, 2022-04) Cormier, Christopher J.; McGrew, John; Ruble, Lisa; Fischer, Melanie; Psychology, School of Science
    Little is known about the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on special education teachers. Of 468 surveyed across the United States, 38.4% met clinical criteria for generalized anxiety disorder, a rate 12.4 times greater than the U.S. population, and 37.6% for major depressive disorder, a rate 5.6 times greater than the population. Race/ethnicity, gender, or school funding was not related to mental health. The impact of the pandemic was moderate to extreme on stress (91%), depression (58%), anxiety (76%), and emotional exhaustion (83%).