Thread by @elleprovocateur

#COVID19: THE #GREATRESET July 9, 2020.

"1) individuals w/ pre-existing #mentalhealth conditions like #depression will increasingly suffer from anxiety disorders; 2) #socialdistancing measures, even after they’ve been rolled back, will have worsened mental health issues;"

"2) #socialdistancing measures, even after they've been rolled back, will have worsened #mentalhealth issues; 3) in many families, the loss of income consecutive to unemployment will plunge people into the "#death of #despair" phenomenon;"

#Lockdowns

"4) #domesticviolence and abuse, particularly against #women and #children, will increase as long as the pandemic endures;"

"and 5) "vulnerable" people and #children – those in care, the socio-economically disadvantaged and the #disabled in need of an above-average level of support – will be particularly at risk of increased #mentaldistress."

#CollateralDamage #LTC

"an explosion of mental problems occurred during the first months of the pandemic & will continue to progress in the post-pandemic era. In Mar 2020 []a study [] found that confinement measures produced a range of severe #mentalhealth outcomes, such as #trauma, confusion & anger."

"First & foremost, it is among those already prone to #mentalhealth issues that the challenges inherent in the response to the coronavirus (#lockdowns, #isolation, #anguish) will be exacerbated."

"Some will weather the storm, but for certain individuals, a diagnostic of #depression or anxiety could escalate into an acute clinical episode." Many "for the 1st time presented symptoms of serious mood disorder like mania, signs of depression & various #psychotic experiences."

"These were all triggered by events directly or indirectly associated w/ the #pandemic & the #lockdowns, such as #isolation & #loneliness, #fear of catching the disease, losing a job, bereavement & concerns about family members & friends."

#Physical=danger. #Digital=safe.

"#NHS Englands clinical director" stated "demand for #mental #healthcare would increase 'significantly' once the lockdown ended & would see people needing treatment for #trauma for years to come". There is no reason to believe that the situation will be very different elsewhere."

"With the #lockdowns, all the requisite ingredients for an increase in #domesticviolence coalesced: #isolation from friends, family & employment, the occasion for constant surveillance by & physical proximity to an abusive partner [], & limited or no options for escape."

#The conditions of #lockdown magnified existing abusive behaviours, leaving little or no respite for victims and their #children outside of the home."

Women & children especially are #CollateralDamage for the societal transformation to #4IR "new normal".

#Conditioning

"Projections from the UN Population Fund indicate that if #domesticviolence increases by 20% during periods of lockdown, there would be an additional 15 million cases of intimate partner violence in 2020 for an average #lockdown duration of three months,..."

#domesticviolence would increase cont'd:

"31 million cases for an average #lockdown of 6 months,

45 million for an average #lockdown of 9 months,

& 61 million if the average #lockdown period were to last one year."

We have now surpassed 1 year.

"All told, they total an additional 15 million cases of gender-based #violence for every three months a #lockdown continues. It is hard to predict how domestic violence will evolve in the post-pandemic era. Conditions of #hardship will make it more likely..."