Letters
Covid-19 pandemic
Covid-19 pandemic: a public and global mental health opportunity for social transformation?
BMJ 2020; 369 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m1383 (Published 06 April 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;369:m1383
- Ayesha Ahmad, lecturer in global health1,
- Christoph Mueller, academic clinical lecturer in old age psychiatry2,
- Konstantinos Tsamakis, consultant psychiatrist, research visitor2
- 1St George’s University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK
- 2King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, London, UK
- aahmad{at}sgul.ac.uk
We know from analysing conflict and post-conflict transitions that such crises can pose as an opportunity for social transformation.1 Given the humanitarian challenges of the ongoing pandemic, we think that covid-19 needs a public mental health focus. Covid-19 is the first major pandemic of our generation,2 and we must seek the hidden opportunities to …