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It’s undeniable that employee mental health has deteriorated as a consequence of the overwhelming impact of coronavirus.
Mind statistics show that over half of all adults and two-thirds of younger professionals now feel like their mental health has gotten worse as a result of lockdown restrictions as of May 2020. Nearly two thirds also noted that their levels of loneliness had increased due to being unable to see family and friends – whilst remote working is sure to have had an impact on this statistic too.
A separate Mentalhealth.org study of 4,436 adults within the UK noted that those who felt like they were ‘coping with the stress of the pandemic’ has fallen rapidly from almost 75% in April to just 62% in November – again, a further spread of the virus and ensuing lockdown measures will likely have decreased this number further.
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Of course, this will have an overwhelming impact on the professional sphere. Workers who are feeling anxious, struggling to cope and may also be failing to balance working life and home life, with childcare now a key issue and many businesses closed, are far more susceptible to burnout, an issue that was growing in cases even prior to the pandemic.
