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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Martin Bagot

UK's Covid depression surge as scientists find it jumped from 4% to 32% in lockdown

A third of the UK population suffered with depression during the first lockdown two years ago, research shows.

A scientific review suggests prevalence of depression jumped from 4% of the population to 32% during the lockdown which began on March 23, 2020.

Diagnosed cases of anxiety, which pre-pandemic were around 5%, increased to 31%, according to the review of 14 studies involving 46,158 participants.

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