Brain Habit

In a world focused on how to handle this pandemic and just past the World Mental Health Day, I'd like to highlight the impact of the current situation on people who need mental health support, with a specific focus on autistic people because of my work as a researcher in the autism field. Europe counts over 6 million cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with almost 232,000 related deaths. One of the greatest risks during this pandemic is the overwhelming and sustained demand for healthcare resources, which may exceed the capacity of healthcare systems, leading to unadequate help and increase of deaths. To reduce pressures on health and social care systems, almost all countries have implemented mitigation measures aimed at reducing transmission of the virus among people, including national lockdown policies that might be either very strict (like in Italy) or so-called smart (like in the Netherlands). These measures seem to have worked properly at reducing infection rates before t...