COVID-19 may be causing a

pandemic of anxiety

Dr Firdosi Rustom Mehta

Global Health Advisor & Mentor

Adjunct Professor in Public Health

UoT DLSPH + York Univ

Former WHO Country Representative

Content

• Background

• Global mental health situation

• COVID-19 Key issues

• Social distancing is a privilege

• Mental Health impact

• Conclusions

Dr Brock Chisolm

• Dr Brock Chisholm, CC, CBE, MC & Bar, ED, was a 20th-century Canadian First World War veteran, medical practitioner, well-known psychiatrist, first Director-General of the World Health Organization (1948 – 53) and the 13th Canadian Surgeon General

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While You Self-Isolate