Covid-19 and the nation’s mental health: forecasting needs and risks in the UK

19 May 2020

According to this Centre for Mental Health report, the global Covid-19 pandemic is likely to increase the number of people in Britain experiencing a mental health problem in the next two years.

It uses evidence from previous global epidemics and from the aftermath of the 2008 banking crisis to estimate what effect Covid-19 will have on the UK population's mental health.