25 Jun

Report into financial inequality and mental health in light of COVID-19

A briefing from the ‘Coronavirus: Mental Health in the Pandemic’ Study has been published by the Mental Health Foundation.

It states that those who face the greatest disadvantages in society also face the greatest risk to their mental health, with the distribution of infections and deaths during the pandemic, the lockdown and associated measures, and the longer-term socioeconomic impact likely to reproduce and intensify the financial inequalities that contribute towards the increased prevalence and unequal distribution of mental ill-health.

Read more at: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/research/coronavirus-mental-health-pandemic/covid-19-inequality-briefing