The evolving COVID-19 pandemic and its likely consequences add to the already substantial psychosocial burden caused by global problems, existential threats and heightened uncertainty, which are increasingly confronting communities worldwide. Here we briefly outline three challenges for clinical psychiatry and research, related to coping with the social epidemiology of negative moods, stress and socially mediated traumatic experiences brought on by these adverse developments.

Department of Applied Neurosciences and Neuroimaging National Institute of Mental Health Klecany Czech Republic

National Institute of Mental Health Klecany Czech Republic

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