There's been a surge in mental health issues across the UK in the wake of the pandemic, with unprecedented demand and huge backlogs putting a massive strain on services.
Dan McLaughlin, 27, has type two bipolar disorder. He is one of the many people across the country who have struggled with their mental health over the last two years.
Speaking to Annie Gouk on the latest episode of The North in Numbers, he said: "The pandemic definitely worsened my symptoms, to the extent that I was hospitalised on a mental health ward. It's something that I thought would never happen. But it happened to a great deal of people over the pandemic.
