Reflections on the collective mental health trauma of Covid-19

Words that once seemed alien, such as social distancing and variants, have become all too familiar over the past 36 months.

A scientific brief released in March this year by the WHO shows that the pandemic has affected the mental health of young people and that they are disproportionally at risk of suicidal and self-harming behaviours. It also indicates that women have been more severely impacted than men and that people with pre-existing physical health conditions – such as asthma, cancer and heart disease – were more likely to develop symptoms of mental disorders.

According to Prof Kelly, two main issues are at play as we emerge from the pandemic. Firstly, people with pre-existing mental illness are having particular difficulty due to relapses of illness and the lingering effects of difficulties they had accessing care throughout the pandemic. Two years on from this article, Prof Kelly said that while things were improving, they were doing so slowly and gradually. “That high level of stress and anxiety will subside over time, rather than disappear quickly. Also, people affected by long Covid often have substantial problems with emotional issues, psychological symptoms, and, for some, clinical depression. Treatment and support can be provided, but we need to remain aware of this condition into the future.

Prof Kelly explained that during the pandemic, approximately one in five people in the general population had more levels of stress, anxiety or depressive symptoms than they could manage using their usual resources, while the number of healthcare workers affected in this way was double that or two in every five.

Your sub head is at the very least misleading, if not outright false. We are in no way 'emerging' from the pandemic, which is still raging mostly uncontrolled. I'd advise you to check the numbers, if so many governments hadn't stopped broadcasting them. Maybe report THAT.

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