ke to ponder on the ramifications of the pandemic on medical research in general and mental health research in particular.

1  UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEXT
The Secretary‐General of the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD), Angel Gurría, writes “pandemic brings with it the third and greatest economic, financial and social shock of the 21st Century, after 9/11 and the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 (Gurría, 2020).” The United Nation's Development