Officials in the government-run National Health Service in the U.K. have reportedly warned that the country could be facing a “second pandemic” in the post-COVID-19 environment in the form of a mental health crisis affecting millions in the country’s population.

According to what healthcare leaders told left-wing The Guardian news outlet, the socialized medicine system in Britain is overwhelmed by those afflicted with depression, anxiety, eating disorders, or other maladies that could potentially lead to suicide and other forms of self-harm.

Additional resources, including the need to recruit more specialists, are required to deal with the backlog of patients who are suffering, the NHS experts insist.