There is a good chance the mental health effects of the lockdown may be overblown.
As a psychiatrist, I may be crucified for making such a statement, a kind of blasphemy against the repeated framing of a mental health crisis. Professor Patrick McGorry has received widespread attention for casting the psychological distress from lockdown as a shadow pandemic.
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Tanveer Ahmed is an author and practising psychiatrist. Connect with Tanveer on Twitter.
