"The psycho-social impact is far greater - and will last much longer" - Publication Date |
- Jun 09, 2020
- Episode Duration |
- 00:24:30
In our hospitals and psychiatric clinics, it has already begun. Increasing numbers of people are seeking help for mental health problems associated, in one way or another, with Covid-19. Professionals warn that the psychiatric effects of the pandemic and the lockdown will endure much longer than the physical effects of the virus.
And those psychiatric effects are alarmingly diverse: anxiety, psychosis, eating disorders, PTSD.
Prof Fiona McNicholas is a Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Crumlin Children's Hospital. She talks about the tsunami of mental health problems we face, the unexpected ways Covid-19 can harm our minds, and the potential for technology to aid therapy in a time of social distancing.