Mental-health crisis from pandemic was minimal - study

Mental-health crisis from pandemic was minimal - study People's general mental health and anxiety symptoms hardly deteriorated at all during the pandemic, research suggests.

Most people are resilient and made the best of a difficult situation, it says.

The BMJ review analysed 137 studies, most from high-income European and Asian countries.

Depression became a little worse overall and among women, older people, university students and those belonging to sexual or gender minorities. BBC News

See also:

• Comparison of mental health symptoms before and during the covid-19 pandemic: evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis of 134 cohorts (open access) The BMJ
• World’s most comprehensive study on COVID-19 mental health McGill University
• Increase in mental health callouts received by police over past five years BBC News
• Covid’s effect on mental health not as great as first thought, study suggests The Guardian
• The mental health toll of Covid is less than feared, major study finds Metro