Riding the storm – what next for clinical psychologists as leaders?

ABSTRACT

After months of worrying about what could go wrong if we stand too close forget to wash our hands, we are now faced with predictions that we could be facing a 'Covid decade' of cultural and social upheaval including an 'explosion in mental illness' by the British Academy, commissioned to explore possible post pandemic futures (British Academy, 2021). An increase in inequality, a decrease in communal trust and an explosion in demand for already stretched mental health services are all possible - but so are significant positive changes 'if leaders show vision and inter connectivity' (British Academy, 2021).