The COVID-19 pandemic that erupted in early 2020 and rapidly engulfed the world has had profound and enduring impacts on global mental health. Rates of depression, anxiety, stress, and loneliness have surged over the past three years as people struggled to cope with the threat of illness, lockdown orders, economic fallout, grievous losses, and upended daily routines. While vaccines and treatments have emerged to reduce the pandemic’s severity in many places, its damage to our collective mental health continues to unfold. The road to recovery remains long and challenging.
