Mental healthPsychosocial wellbeingOlder adults faced unique challenges in the pandemic due to their increased vulnerability to coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)and its complications.Pandemic-related restrictions such as physical distancing,stay-at-home orders,lock-down,and mandatory face cover affected ...
Mental illness among teens and young adults has been an increasingly prevalent issue, observed to have been exacerbated by COVID-19. In fact, over the course of the pandemic, youth anxiety and depression doubled globally.[1] The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that the prevalence of ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted greatly the mental health of children. We performed a systematic review to better understand the impact of the pandemic
So what has been the burden on kids? How is it impacting their mental health? BENJAMIN PERKS I think the first thing to say is that COVID-19 has been a turbo booster for every kind of inequality, risk, and vulnerability that children face in terms of poverty. Here in New York City...
As a major virus outbreak in the 21st century, the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to unprecedented hazards to mental health globally. While psychological support is being provided to patients and healthcare workers, the general public's mental health requires significant attent...
Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on mental health status and associated factors among general population: a cross-sectional study from Pakistan The recent outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has significantly affected the mental health of people globally. This study aimed to investigate the ...
The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the mental health and wellbeing of 27.7% (n = 118) of respondents in the last year, while 43.4% (n = 185) was impacted to a partial extent, and 16.2% (n = 69) to no extent). The majority of respondents working in the hospital ...
The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents has been substantial. The current review aimed to summarize the existing literature on the impact of the pandemic on mental health during adolescence, with a specific focus on longitudinal studies. The findings from these studies indicated ...
While COVID-19 outbreak has had adverse psychological effects in children with special needs, the mental state and burden on their caregivers during this pandemic has yet to be reported. Aims The objectives of this study were to describe the mental health status and the change in perceived strai...
COVID-19 has led to an elevated awareness of threat in the environment and has caused major disruptions to families' lives, through social distancing, school closures, and now effective lock-down. A new research survey, launched today from experts at the University of Oxford, will track childre...