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Letters Covid-19: call for humane care

Covid-19: blanket restrictions damage mental health

BMJ 2020; 371 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3913 (Published 08 October 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;371:m3913
  1. Joanna Cranshaw, core trainee in psychiatry
  1. Mother and Baby Unit, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Beckenham BR3 3BX, UK
  1. joanna.cranshaw{at}slam.nhs.uk

I, too, am deeply concerned about the secondary harms inflicted on patients and families by blanket restrictions.1 As a psychiatry trainee I have seen the devastating impact that the pandemic has had on the mental health of many of my patients. People with chronic …

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