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COVID Poses Greatest Lasting Threat to Mental Health Since WWII – Tasnim News Agency
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The coronavirus pandemic poses the biggest threat to mental health since the Second World War, a psychiatrist warned.
Dr. Adrian James, president of British Royal College of Psychiatrists, explained that the deadly disease, its social impact, and the economic fallout has created a mental health crisis that will take Britain years to recover from.
Up to 10 million people, including 1.5 million children, are believed to need new or additional mental health support as a result of the crisis according to projections by the Centre for Mental Health.
Of this number, 1.3 million are people who have never sought such services…
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