The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on the mental health of people from different backgrounds; these effects have been particularly acute among the lower-income households and in slums. There has been a steep rise in mental illness and behaviours associated with it since 2020, ...
In the exploration of this area, researchers had findings on the category of suicide during the pandemic but found no increase. However, they gathered evidence supporting that during the pandemic, the woman had experienced depression and other general mental health symptoms. This happened due to ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had deleterious effects on the mental health of the general population across the globe including increased anxiety (Huang & Zhao,2020), post-traumatic stress symptoms and an acute stress reaction (Liu et al.,2020), as well as increased suicidal ideation and attempts...
Long lockdowns, food shortages, and the inability to receive basic primary healthcare have aggravated the effects of pandemics. However, most studies have focused on the health problems of the infected people or the measures employed to keep the disease under control. This cross-sectional study ...
This Topical Collection will bring together biological, psychological, public health and epidemiology research related to the broad and critical topic of COVID-19 and mental illness.
The number and chronicity of disorders showed a positive graded dose–response relation, with greater perceived impact on mental health, fear, and poorer coping. Although people with depressive, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive disorders scored higher on all four symptom scales than did individuals wi...
There has been significant disruption to the lives and mental health of adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to assess t
COVID-19 and the Need for Action on Mental Health UN Sustainable Development Group Policy Brief (United Nations, 2020). Tackling the Mental Health Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis: An Integrated, Whole-of-Society Response (OECD, 2021). Rehm, J. & Shield, K. D. Global burden of disease ...
[2] The authors excluded studies of neurological complications without specified neuropsychiatric presentations and those investigating the indirect effects of coronavirus infections on the mental health of people who are not infected, such as those mediated through physical distancing measures such as self-...
who is on the executive board of theRISEresearch project, which focusses on the prevention of child mental health problems, it is the externalized behaviors—of an aggressive, oppositional type—that are easiest to observe and get the most attention. Yet most youngsters do ...