Spotlight 23: Mental health in COVID-19 and 2022 news

Published: 20 January 2022

Commentary, Research insight

Research into mental health during COVID-19 and news predictions for 2022.

Happy New Year!

In our first episode of 2022, we chat with Gina Davidson, Political Editor of LBC Radio in Scotland, to get an expert overview of what lies in store for the year ahead.

We also talk to Professor Eugenio Proto, the Alex Cairncross Professor of Economics at the University of Glasgow, to find out about his research on mental health during the pandemic, including some unexpected findings on the personality types that were affected the most.


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First published: 20 January 2022