Mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal probability sample survey of the UK population, The Lancet Psychiatry

Web survey study (n=42,330), found that the population prevalence of clinically significant levels of mental distress rose from 18 · 9% in 2018 –19 to 27 · 3% in April, 2020, one month into UK lockdown, highlighting a deterioration in mental health in the UK vs pre-COVID-19 trends.
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