The impact of COVID-19 on children and adults at risk – the first results are in

1. From the Centre for Mental Health Briefing published in June 2020

‘The COVID-19 crisis has had a profound effect on the nation’s mental health. While most of us will emerge without lasting negative effects, some communities and individuals are at far greater risk of worsening mental health.

This includes people living with mental health problems, whose access to services has been interrupted; people who live with both mental health problems and long term physical conditions that put them at greater risk of the virus; older adults who are both susceptible to the virus themselves and much more likely than others to lose partners and peers; women and children exposed to trauma and violence at home during lockdown; and people from the ethnic groups where the prevalence of COVID-19 has been highest and outcomes have been the worst, notably people from Black British, Black African, Bangladeshi and Pakistani backgrounds.