Study suggests women and young people have been hardest hit psychologically by coronavirus lockdown
A new study, published in The Lancet Psychiatry, has looked at the potential impact of the coronavirus pandemic on population mental health.
- It found that there was an overall increase in mental distress in people aged 16 years and older in the UK.
- This did not affect all groups equally, with some subgroups showing marked increases. Factors most strongly linked with mental health deterioration were those associated with pre-existing health inequalities, such as gender and age.
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