Mental Health Support Necessary During Covid-19 Pandemic

Click to expand Image A man walks past a street art mural by the artist ADW in County Laois, Ireland, May 30, 2020. Entitled "Is it Still raining? I hadn't noticed", the work deals with the issue of mental health during the Covid-19 lockdown. © 2020 Press Association via AP Images One widespread consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic that we cannot afford to neglect is its toll on mental health. “The long-term social-emotional impact of this pandemic worries me as a parent and educator,” a respondent wrote in an ongoing Human Rights Watch survey on the pandemic’s impact on caregivers and…

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