The risks are clear, it's now time to learn and respond A clear picture has emerged of the mental health impacts of the early waves of the covid-19 pandemic in England—when hospital admissions and mortality were common and lockdowns particularly restrictive.1 Longitudinal population based ...
COVID-19MEDICAL personnelMENTAL health servicesDISEASE risk factorsACUTE stress disorderAs mental health professionals, we must deal with both current and future mental health concerns. In Italy, about 25% of the overall burden of disease is attributed to neuropsychiatric disorders.[2] ...
The impact of COVID-19 on mental health has been a topic of emerging concern. A new large-scale study involving data from around 18 million adults adds more evidence to the link, as researchers noticed a higher incidence of mental illness following severe COVID infection in unvaccina...
Emergency departments may have increases in mental health (MH) visits after COVID-19 surges, according to a study published online March 16 inJAMA Psychiatry. Kayla N. Anderson, Ph.D., from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control in Atlanta, and colleagues examined changes in adu...
Early treatment of patients facing new or additional mental health challenges after COVID can make a crucial difference, the experts said. “The idea here is to identify patients’ data early to hopefully reduce this from becoming a much larger problem down the road,” Al-Aly said. “If you...
Those who have had COVID-19 are significantly more likely to experience mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, opioid use disorder, illicit drug and alcohol use disorders, and disturbances in sleep and cognition. Data point to rise in anxiety, ...
”Different individuals have had different experiences with mental health and COVID,” Thombs said. “It’s been all over the place — some terrible, some positive, some hasn’t changed much. But overall, you know, there’s been a lot of resilience here and there’s a lot of...
The COVID-19 pandemic has opened fault lines in social, economic and health-care policy in Australia. One area in which all three converge is homelessness. It's almost impossible to practise self-isolation and good hygiene if you're living on the streets or moving from place to place. Thi...
“Mental health in Covid-19 is much more nuanced than people have made it out to be.” ---Brett Thombs. “新冠病毒的对心理健康的影响比人们想象的要微妙得多。” ---布雷特·汤姆斯。 Brett Thombs is a psychiatry professor at McGill University, he suggested that some of the public narratives...
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 ...