So just before lockdown we were kind of all planning that, and I’d actually just nailed down an idea for an installation... which I was really, really excited about. I feel nervous about leaving the house.”Mental healthWhen it comes to mental health, it looks like the pandemic will also compound existing inequalities. At that stage I was inundated with calls from parents of teenagers, some of whom I’d seen many years ago... and it was very context specific... That was not well handled.”For these interviewees, mental health and the lack of mental health services is a big issue. There’s already a problem in this country, in terms of mental health and young people.”Ciara: “I think the mental health impact this has on young people is unprecedented. I was able to see where I sat in my life during Covid, and there weren’t many people I talked to...

Source: The Irish Times June 27, 2020 05:00 UTC