Ellie Pearce

TL;DR: There is a need for evidence-based solutions to achieve accessible and effective mental health care in response to the pandemic, especially remote approaches to care, and particular attention should be paid to understanding inequalities of impact on mental health.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used qualitative interviews to explore experiences of the pandemic for people with pre-existing mental health conditions and found new ways to cope and connect to the community.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors synthesized evidence from longitudinal studies investigating the relationship between loneliness and new onset of mental health problems, in the general population, up to March 2020, and found a pooled adjusted odds ratio of 2.33 (95% C.I. 1.62 to 3.34) for risk of new onset depression in adults who were often lonely compared with people who were not often lonely.

TL;DR: In this paper , a meta-synthesis aimed to synthesise findings from qualitative studies exploring experiences of people who participated in any social prescribing intervention aimed at loneliness and/or social isolation to ascertain whether they felt it helped address loneliness/isolation and the potential mechanisms by which this might occur.

TL;DR: An increased number of admissions for alcohol-related AP were observed during months when lockdown restrictions were enforced; a fall in figures was noted when restrictions were eased.