By now, the world is familiar with the physical threat of COVID-19. But the psychological imparts of the pandemic are only just beginning to come into focus. A new study from researchers at San Diego State University is helping to quantify how deeply the coronavirus is straining the mental...
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has threatened global mental health, both indirectly via disruptive societal changes and directly via neuropsychiatric sequelae after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Despite a small increase in self-reported mental health problems, this has (so far) not translat...
The COVID-19 crisis has forced U.S. politicians and public-health officials into a lose-lose dilemma: both groups are now weighting the life-and-death risk of exposing people to the virus against the manifold hardships created by stay-at-home directives and business closure. More and more, ...
COVID-19Special educational needsDisabilitiesMental healthParentsParents of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in the UK ( n =241) were asked to describe the impact of COVID-19 on their own mental health and that of their child. An inductive content analysis of the data ...
while many who have never experienced symptoms are suddenly finding themselves inundated by risk and uncertainty. The New York State Department of Health has created official guidelines for managing stress and anxiety within its official COVID-19 guide, even creating a dedicatedemotional support hotline...
Almost two-thirds (64%) of intensive care staff may have experienced a mental health disorder during the COVID-19 winter surge last year, according to a new study led by researchers from UCL and King's College London.
How COVID-19 may impact mental health research conduct, interpretation and priorities?doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102245Siddharth SarkarShree MishraSusanta Kumar PadhyAsian Journal of Psychiatry
Most of us probably family and friends who have become social recluses, or co-workers who feel depressed and are unable to come to work. The prolonged stress of the COVID-19pandemichas had several effects on mental health because people are continuously being stressed by changes in their envi...
2 The downturn in the economy caused by COVID-19 will lead to unemployment, financial insecurity, and poverty, which hinder access to health services (especially in insurance-based systems), thereby having deleterious effects on physical and mental health and quality of life.3 These economic ...
Reference: “Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health: An international study” by Andrew T. Gloster, Demetris Lamnisos, Jelena Lubenko, Giovambattista Presti, Valeria Squatrito, Marios Constantinou, Christiana Nicolaou, Savvas Papacostas, Gökçen Aydin, Yuen Yu Chong, Wai Tong Chien, ...