the national institute of mental health and neurological sciences, and finally, from wuhan, by dr liu limelped establish an online support system during lockdown. steven taylor, if i could maybe staffed with you. the virus is spread or it is contained according to what we do. how strongly we adhere to social distancing guidelines. and so it would seem to me this is as much a psychological phenomenon as a physical one? very much so. people's decisions to adhere to social distancing is critical in managing this pandemic. and the longer the lockdown drags out i would expect the poorer the adherence. but staying indoors for weeks on end with all the anxieties is a real mental battle, even more so if we are facing months of these lockdowns. exactly. we know that people are generally resilient, but a fraction of people are going to experience severe stressors during this pandemic. in addition to lockdown, people lose jobs, finances, lose houses, businesses go bankrupt, marriages crumble, and so we ‘d expect that a fraction of the population will develop severe mental disorders such as depressio