Mental health wise, all of us have been affected: Harvard's Shekhar Saxena

Speaking to Anjuli Bhargava from his residence in Geneva, Saxena says the severest toll of the Covid-19 pandemic may be on the mental health of large sections of the human population

When it comes to mental health, we are all developing countries, says Shekhar Saxena, professor of the Practice of Global Mental Health, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health. Speaking to Anjuli Bhargava from his residence in Geneva, Saxena, whose career of 43 years includes stints at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and World Health Organization (WHO), says the severest toll of the Covid-19 pandemic may be on the mental health of large sections of the human population. The world, he thinks, may have to grapple with a generation that suffers from the ill effects of