mental healthcovid-19progressive realizationmulti-sectoralprimary mental health carecommunity mental health careThe covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives of people in the world. Kenya has not been left alone. As a result, jobs have been lost. Families are apart. ThereSocial Science Electronic...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
“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...
Learn how Kaiser Family Foundation is using data to understand how at-risk populations are experiencing negative mental health or substance abuse issues during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Preliminary data suggest that patients with COVID-19 might experience delirium, depression, anxiety, and insomnia (2).” Combine the already possible mental health diagnoses with the fear, trauma, isolation, and lifestyle changes brought on by the pandemic and COVID-19 treatment, quarantining, ...
1 If untreated, mental health problems can lead to many negative health and social outcomes. The COVID-19 pandemic may worsen existing mental health problems and lead to more cases among children and adolescents because of the unique combination of the public health crisis, social isolation, and...
But even if you make it through the pandemic without being infected with COVID-19, the virus could still have a serious impact on your mental health. CGTN’s Giles Gibson reports. Check out The China Report, our new weekly newsletter. Subscribe here!RELATED...
This chart shows the percentage of U.S. adults showing symptoms of anxiety and/or depressive disorder before and during the Covid-19 pandemic.