COVID-19 was clearly a driver of mental illness among teens and young adults. In-depth interviews with this population, as well as psychiatrists and psychologists who treat them, revealed four key detrimental impacts of the pandemic on the mental health of youth, with significant implications for...
"Nearly one million U.S. lives have been lost to COVID-19, and there have been almost five million hospitalizations," said the report. "We believe the pandemic's sustained impact on the nation's mental health is unprecedented."■
SYDNEY, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Researchers from the University of Sydney have surveyed over 1,000 Australians on their experiences with mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, and now seek to use the results to inform future policy. The study, published in the PLOS ONE journal on Tuesday,...
public healthCOVID-19 has changed our lives and it appears to be especially harmful for some groups more than others. Black and Asian ethnic minorities are at particular risk and have reported greater mortality and intensive care needs. Mental illnesses are more common among Black and ethnic ...
“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...
This chart shows the percentage of U.S. adults showing symptoms of anxiety and/or depressive disorder before and during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Since December 2019, the world has been experiencing the challenge of facing coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), a severe infectious disease caused by the n
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...
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 ...
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