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STRESS TEST

If your mental health has taken a hit as Covid restrictions ease, you’re not alone.

More than half of people were worried about seeing and being near other people ahead of lockdown rules being fully relaxed in England on so-called ‘Freedom Day’ last week, mental health charity Mind found.

The pandemic has also meant one in four adults and more than one in six young people have experienced mental distress for the first time, while NHS figures reveal the number of people

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