The social underpinnings of mental distress in the time of COVID-19 – time for urgent action [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

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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Main Authors: Nikolas Rose, Nick Manning, Richard Bentall, Kamaldeep Bhui, Rochelle Burgess, Sarah Carr, Flora Cornish, Delan Devakumar, Jennifer B. Dowd, Stefan Ecks, Alison Faulkner, Alex Ruck Keene, James Kirkbride, Martin Knapp, Anne M. Lovell, Paul Martin, Joanna Moncrieff, Hester Parr, Martyn Pickersgill, Genevra Richardson, Sally Sheard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wellcome 2020-07-01
Series:Wellcome Open Research
Online Access:https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/5-166/v1

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