Mental Health Emergency: Experts warn the fallout will last for years
As part of our new campaign, Joe Shute spoke to two specialists who fear for a ‘rising tide’ of people whose lives will be defined by Covid
12 January 2021 • 8:15pm
Sir Simon Wessely is very concerned about the long-term impact on the nation s mental health
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When we are at war, says Professor Sir Simon Wessely, past president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, it is not the bombs and bullets, but the mental health fallout that is felt through subsequent generations. And so it is with pandemics.