Post conflict mental health expert Peter McBride discusses the community mental health implications of Covid 19

There is currently a lot of discussion about the mental health impact COVID 19 is having on individuals - increased stress, grief, loss of control, rising rates of suicide and depression, problems of addiction, fear, anxiety...The list goes on.

In this conversation we hear about what the impact is at the level of the community.  Having grown up in Northern Ireland during The Troubles that saw sectarian violence fracture the community, Peter McBride has spent decades in mental health services, becoming an acknowledged authority on post conflict mental health.  

Taking mental health impacts of The Troubles and other conflict as a starting point, Peter explores what we might expect to see as the threat of Covid 19 recedes and people emerge from self isolation into face to face interactions at work, for leisure and the day to day business of getting on with life.  This presents a different dimension over and above the individual impact on mental health.

Peter will shortly be leaving Northern Ireland to continue his work in a new role at Keene State College in New Hampshire

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