mental health COVID-19
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Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID 19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science
Summary The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID 19) pandemic is having a profound effect on all aspects of society, including mental health and physical health. We explore the psychological, social, and neuroscientific effects of COVID 19 and set out the immediate priorities and longer term strategies for mental health science research. These priorities were informed by surveys of the public and an expert panel convened by the UK Academy of Medical Sciences and the mental health research charity, MQ: Transforming Mental Health, in the first weeks of the pandemic in the UK in March, 2020. We urge UK research funding agencies to work with researchers, people with lived experience, and others to establish a high level coordination group to ensure that these research priorities are addressed, and to allow new ones to be identified over time. The need to maintain high quality research standards is imperative. International collaboration and a global perspective will be beneficial. An immediate priority is collecting high quality data on the mental health effects of the COVID 19 pandemic across the whole population and vulnerable groups, and on brain function, cognition, and mental health of patients with COVID 19. There is an urgent need for research to address how mental health consequences for vulnerable groups can be mitigated under pandemic conditions, and on the impact of repeated media consumption and health messaging around COVID 19. Discovery, evaluation, and refinement of mechanistically driven interventions to address the psychological, social, and neuroscientific aspects of the pandemic are required. Rising to this challenge will require integration across disciplines and sectors, and should be done together with people with lived experience. New funding will be required to meet these priorities, and it can be efficiently leveraged by the UK's world leading infrastructure. This Position Paper provides a strategy that may be both adapted for, and integrated with, research efforts in other countries.
The Lancet Psychiatry
Emily A Holmes Rory C O'Connor V Hugh Perry Irene Tracey Simon Wessely Louise Arseneault Clive G Ballard Helen Christensen Roxane Cohen Silver I Everall Tamsin J Ford Ann John Thomas Kabir Kate King Ira Madan Susan Michie Andrew K Przybylski Roz Shafran Angela Sweeney Carol M Worthman Lucy Yardley Katherine C Cowan Claire Cope Matthew Hotopf Edward T Bullmore
220962710
Disaster psychiatry and homelessness: creating a mental health COVID 19 response
Homeless individuals across the globe live in a constant state of crisis Yet, during times of societal crisis such as COVID 19 that affect all populations, disaster planning has rarely included this high risk group The high burden of co occurring physical, mental, and substance use disorders, absence of reliable shelter, scant access to health information, and scarcity of financial, transportation, and nutritional resources all create unique vulnerabilities for this population These factors restrict the ability of people experiencing homelessness to respond and adapt to public health recommendations before and during a disaster In particular, the mental health needs of people who are homeless during disasters have received minimal attention (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
The Lancet Psychiatry
Samuel Dotson Samantha Ciarocco Katherine A Koh
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A longitudinal study on the mental health of general population during the COVID 19 epidemic in China
Abstract In addition to being a public physical health emergency, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID 19) affected global mental health, as evidenced by panic buying worldwide as cases soared. Little is known about changes in levels of psychological impact, stress, anxiety and depression during this pandemic. This longitudinal study surveyed the general population twice during the initial outbreak, and the epidemic's peak four weeks later, surveying demographics, symptoms, knowledge, concerns, and precautionary measures against COVID 19. There were 1738 respondents from 190 Chinese cities (1210 first survey respondents, 861 second survey respondents; 333 respondents participated in both) Psychological impact and mental health status were assessed by the Impact of Event Scale Revised (IES R) and the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS 21) respectively. IES R measures PTSD symptoms in survivorship after an event. DASS 21 is based on tripartite model of psychopathology that comprise a general distress construct with distinct characteristics. This study found that there was a statistically significant longitudinal reduction in mean IES R scores (from 32.98 to 30.76, p<0.01) after 4 weeks. Nevertheless, the mean IES R score of the first and second survey respondents were above the cut off scores >24) for PTSD symptoms, suggesting that the reduction in scores was not clinically significant. During the initial evaluation, moderate to severe stress, anxiety and depression were noted in 8.1% 28.8% and 16.5% respectively and there were no significant longitudinal changes in stress, anxiety and depression levels (p>0.05) Protective factors included high level of confidence in doctors, perceived survival likelihood and low risk of contracting COVID 19, satisfaction with health information, personal precautionary measures. As countries around the world brace for an escalation in cases, Governments should focus on effective methods of disseminating unbiased COVID 19 knowledge, teaching correct containment methods, ensuring availability of essential services/commodities, and providing sufficient financial support.
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
Cuiyan Wang Riyu Pan Xiaoyang Wan Yilin Tan Linkang Xu Roger S McIntyre Faith Choo Bach Xuan Tran Roger C M Ho Vijay Kumar Sharma Cyrus S H Ho
226292078
Adolescent mental health, COVID 19, and the value of school community partnerships
Newly released 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System data and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC)'2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data Summary and Trends Report show that US adolescents continue to suffer from poor mental health and suicidality at alarming rates. These data alone would be cause for concern, but the COVID 19 pandemic has the potential to further erode adolescent mental health, particularly for those whose mental health was poor prior to the pandemic. Given the status of adolescent mental health prior to COVID 19 and the impact of COVID 19, health professionals and schools must partner together now to mitigate potentially deleterious health, mental health and education impacts for children and adolescents.
Injury Prevention
Marci F Hertz Lisa C Barrios
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Mental health problems and social media exposure during COVID 19 outbreak
Huge citizens expose to social media during a novel coronavirus disease (COVID 19) outbroke in Wuhan, China. We assess the prevalence of mental health problems and examine their association with social media exposure. A cross sectional study among Chinese citizens aged>=18 years old was conducted during Jan 31 to Feb 2, 2020. Online survey was used to do rapid assessment. Total of 4872 participants from 31 provinces and autonomous regions were involved in the current study. Besides demographics and social media exposure (SME) depression was assessed by The Chinese version of WHO Five Well Being Index (WHO 5) and anxiety was assessed by Chinese version of generalized anxiety disorder scale (GAD 7) multivariable logistic regressions were used to identify associations between social media exposure with mental health problems after controlling for covariates. The prevalence of depression, anxiety and combination of depression and anxiety (CDA) was 48.3% (95%CI: 46.9% 49.7% 22.6% (95%CI: 21.4% 23.8% and 19.4% (95%CI: 18.3% 20.6% during COVID 19 outbroke in Wuhan, China. More than 80% (95%CI:80.9% 83.1% of participants reported frequently exposed to social media. After controlling for covariates, frequently SME was positively associated with high odds of anxiety (OR 1.72, 95%CI: 1.31 2.26) and CDA (OR 1.91, 95%CI: 1.52 2.41) compared with less SME. Our findings show there are high prevalence of mental health problems, which positively associated with frequently SME during the COVID 19 outbreak. These findings implicated the government need pay more attention to mental health problems, especially depression and anxiety among general population and combating with "infodemic" while combating during public health emergency.
PloS one
Junling Gao Pinpin Zheng Yingnan Jia Hao Chen Yimeng Mao Suhong Chen Hua Fu Jun-ming Dai
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Mental Health and the Covid 19 Pandemic.
Mental Health and the Covid 19 Pandemic Many aspects of the Covid 19 pandemic and the public health response to it will undoubtedly contribute to widespread emotional distress and increased risk fo.
The New England journal of medicine
Betty Pfefferbaum Carol S North
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COVID 19 and mental health: A review of the existing literature
Abstract The COVID 19 pandemic is a major health crisis affecting several nations, with over 720,000 cases and 33,000 confirmed deaths reported to date. Such widespread outbreaks are associated with adverse mental health consequences. Keeping this in mind, existing literature on the COVID 19 outbreak pertinent to mental health was retrieved via a literature search of the PubMed database. Published articles were classified according to their overall themes and summarized. Preliminary evidence suggests that symptoms of anxiety and depression (16 28% and self reported stress (8% are common psychological reactions to the COVID 19 pandemic, and may be associated with disturbed sleep. A number of individual and structural variables moderate this risk. In planning services for such populations, both the needs of the concerned people and the necessary preventive guidelines must be taken into account. The available literature has emerged from only a few of the affected countries, and may not reflect the experience of persons living in other parts of the world. In conclusion, subsyndromal mental health problems are a common response to the COVID 19 pandemic. There is a need for more representative research from other affected countries, particularly in vulnerable populations.
Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Ravi Philip Rajkumar
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The outbreak of COVID 19 coronavirus and its impact on global mental health
Background: The current outbreak of COVID 19 coronavirus infection among humans in Wuhan (China) and its spreading around the globe is heavily impacting on the global health and mental health. Despite all resources employed to counteract the spreading of the virus, additional global strategies are needed to handle the related mental health issues. Methods: Published articles concerning mental health related to the COVID 19 outbreak and other previous global infections have been considered and reviewed. Comments: This outbreak is leading to additional health problems such as stress, anxiety, depressive symptoms, insomnia, denial, anger and fear globally. Collective concerns influence daily behaviors, economy, prevention strategies and decision making from policy makers, health organizations and medical centers, which can weaken strategies of COVID 19 control and lead to more morbidity and mental health needs at global level.
The International journal of social psychiatry
Julio Torales Marcelo O'Higgins Joao Mauricio Castaldelli-Maia Antonio Ventriglio
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Mental Health Strategies to Combat the Psychological Impact of COVID 19 Beyond Paranoia and Panic.
1Department of Psychological Medicine, National University Health System, Singapore 2Department of Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 3Health Innovation and Technology (iHealthtech) National University of Singapore, Singapore Address for Correspondence: Dr Cyrus Ho Su Hui, Department of Psychological Medicine, National University Health System, Level 9, NUHS Tower Block, 1E Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119228. Email: su_hui_ho@nuhs.edu.sg Mental Health Strategies to Combat the Psychological Impact of COVID 19 Beyond Paranoia and Panic
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
Cyrus S H Ho Cornelia Yi Chee Roger C M Ho
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Progression of Mental Health Services during the COVID 19 Outbreak in China
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID 19) has been rapidly transmitted in China, Macau, Hong Kong, and other Asian and European counterparts. This COVID 19 epidemic has aroused increasing attention nationwide. Patients, health professionals, and the general public are under insurmountable psychological pressure which may lead to various psychological problems, such as anxiety, fear, depression, and insomnia. Psychological crisis intervention plays a pivotal role in the overall deployment of the disease control. The National Health Commission of China has summoned a call for emergency psychological crisis intervention and thus, various mental health associations and organizations have established expert teams to compile guidelines and public health educational articles/videos for mental health professionals and the general public alongside with online mental health services. In addition, mental health professionals and expert groups are stationed in designated isolation hospitals to provide on site services. Experts have reached a consensus on the admission of patients with severe mental illness during the COVID 19 outbreak in mental health institutions. Nevertheless, the rapid transmission of the COVID 19 has emerged to mount a serious challenge to the mental health service in China.
International journal of biological sciences
Wen Li Yuan Yang Zi-Han Liu Yan-Jie Zhao Qing-E Zhang Layan Zhang Teris Cheuk Chi Cheung Yutao Xiang