MENTAL healthPANEL analysisPANDEMICSThe COVID-19 pandemic and associated countermeasures had an immensely disruptive impact on people's lives. Due to the lack of systematic pre-pandemic data, however, it is still unclear how individuals' psychological health has been affected across this incisive ...
Use of kids helpline by children and young people in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic. J. Adolesc. Health 68, 1067–1074 (2021). Article Google Scholar Zalsman, G. et al. Suicide-related calls to a national crisis chat hotline service during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown...
NEW YORK, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, U.S. experts have warned of a mental health crisis facing American children, which is now playing out at schools in the form of increased childhood depression, anxiety, panic attacks, eating disorders, fights and thoughts ...
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...
This chart shows the percentage of U.S. adults showing symptoms of anxiety and/or depressive disorder before and during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Social distancing is the most visible public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but its implications for mental health are unknown. In a nationwide online sample of 435 U.S. adults, conducted in March 2020 as the pandemic accelerated and states implemented stay-at-home orders, we exami...
Although this practice is effective in preventing the spread of COVID-19, it can be detrimental to the mental health from people of all ages. For many people, not being able to physically see and connect with people can adversely impact their mental health. According to the New York Times,...
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 ...
While the global pandemic is presenting a host of problems for mental health, it’s important to do what you can to stay on top of things. By sticking to some of these tips, you’ll be that much closer to looking after your mental health for the duration of the global pandemic. Good...
More information:Kayla N. Anderson et al, Changes and Inequities in Adult Mental Health–Related Emergency Department Visits During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US,JAMA Psychiatry(2022).DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.0164 Journal information:JAMA Psychiatry ...