'It was like a massive storm and then I found the sunlight' - How a homeless charity is a lifeline for 22-year-old Alice
manchestereveningnews.co.uknew referrals for both short term mental-health interventions and longer term psychotherapy.Asked what would have happened if she didn't have the support, Alice says: "I know it's a bit dark but I would have probably committed suicide, cos of how bad it has got."If I didn't have my partner to go to or my family or support, I would have ended up committing suicide by now."Laura, a mental health worker at Centrepoint, says the lockdown has been particularly tough for young people like Alice.She says the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic has had a particularly severe impact on people with insecure financial prospects."For a lot of young people, there's a massive increase in anxiety, just the uncertainty of not knowing what's ahead",.
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