The social underpinnings of mental distress in the time of COVID-19 – time for urgent action [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
We argue that predictions of a ‘tsunami’ of mental health problems as a consequence of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the lockdown are overstated; feelings of anxiety and sadness are entirely normal reactions to difficult circumstances, not symptoms of poor mental health. S...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wellcome
2020-07-01
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Series: | Wellcome Open Research |
Online Access: | https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/5-166/v1 |