#MHForAll Webinar: COVID-19 and the impact on mental health - research and evidence

#MHForAll Webinar: COVID-19 and the impact on mental health - research and evidence

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Jan 7, 2021 @ 6:31 am

Event date: -

Event type: Single day (a day or less)

Presenters:

  • Ed Bullmore, University of Cambridge
  • Maxime Taquet, University of Oxford
  • Nisreen Alwan, University of Southampton
  • John McConnell, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Niall Boyce, The Lancet Psychiatry (Chair)

Email webinars@unitedgmh.org to submit your questions.

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This series is run by United for Global Mental Health, The Lancet Psychiatry, Mental Health Innovation Network, and MHPSS.net. These webinars are designed to provide policymakers and the wider health community with the latest evidence on the most pressing and often neglected issues of mental health around the world, including the impact of COVID- 19 on mental health. The webinars provide practical solutions to the challenging issues we are all grappling with. Participants are encouraged to join from around the world, including those with lived experience of mental health, and of COVID-19.

The sessions are recorded, and summary notes posted on www.unitedgmh.org/news.

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User profile image Angela - EENet Yoda Master

The webinar recording and note are available here: https://unitedgmh.org/mental-h...mpacts-mental-health

Key messages from webinar:

  • COVID impacts mental health both through the social response (lockdown, the economic consequences etc.) which have an impact on a population level, and through its effects on the brain, which are specific to patients.
  • The stress of the pandemic and lockdown have mental health implications for all of us, but for long COVID patients there is also the anxiety of not having their condition and symptoms recognised.
  • History of pandemic response has taught us a lot about having template research protocols ready for use. These have been applied remarkably quickly in our response to COVID-19, but do not necessarily fully consider the impacts on mental health.
  • Mental health must not get forgotten, and must be fully incorporated into our strategy if we are to successfully beat this pandemic.
Jan 13, 2021 @ 2:08 am
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