‘Ability to adapt’: Experts say COVID-19 pandemic did not cause global mental health epidemic

When countries around the world were sent into lockdowns in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic – experts warned of an impending mental health epidemic: anticipating rates of loneliness, suicide and depression would skyrocket. But now, researchers say we may be much more resilient than we think. Global News Health reporter Jamie Mauracher explains.

• Mental health could ‘bounce back’ post-pandemic, new research suggests