The statistics are alarming.
The unemployment impact hasn’t even started yet.
“The number of people experiencing severe mental illnesses and needing urgent care amid the pandemic has become a serious cause for concern”
"We're also seeing an increase in the numbers of people, but also in the severity of their disorder and this is a very common thing that is being reported up and down the country."
Royal College of Psychiatrists
In a survey of 389 psychiatrists, carried out in June by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 46% said they had seen a rise in workload involving emergency interventions and 55% also reported an increase in the number of patients needing urgent interventions.
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-psychiatrists-warn-of-coronavirus-lockdowns-toll-on-mental-health-12131309