Any good documentaries on the pandemic’s mental-health effects?

I’d look for documentaries centered on people’s experiences with isolation, grief, anxiety, and interrupted care. A strong one should make clear who it follows and when it was filmed, since the pressures changed over the course of the pandemic.

Check whether the film distinguishes mental-health effects of restrictions and social disruption from effects linked to illness, bereavement, or financial strain. Those can overlap, but treating them as one cause makes the story less useful. For claims about vaccines or other medical factors, look for careful sourcing rather than anecdotes presented as proof.

If you’re open to more than a feature documentary, public broadcasters and health organizations sometimes make short films or interview series about frontline workers, young people, and people who lost access to support. Searching those specific topics may turn up something more focused than a single broad pandemic film.