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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
With the coronavirus pandemic crippling the global
economy and igniting feelings of anxiety and despair
around the world, some experts have sounded the
alarm about a looming mental health epidemic that
will almost certainly outlast the current crisis.
But such feelings are an understandable response to
very real health and economic threats, and viewing
them through the narrow lens of a physical disease
lays bare a problematic, and sometimes dangerous,
approach to mental distress that our current
healthcare systems suffer from.
While sketching the troubled history of the search for the biological basis of
mental illness, our cover story sheds light on the risks of translating human
distress into the language of mental disorder and offers alternative approaches
that can provide people in distress with less stigmatising and more empowering
therapeutic strategies.
In a feature on COVID-19, we describe the latest research on testing, vaccines,
and treatments, including several options currently being tested. While some
are promising, we are still in the early days.
We also share some insights into how the natural environment has fared
during the pandemic. The good news is that our air is cleaner and pollution has
declined due to restrictions on human activity, but the long-term prospects are
still not bright.
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