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Years of life lost due to the psychosocial consequences of COVID-19 mitigation strategies based on Swiss data

BACKGROUND: The pandemic caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has forced governments to implement strict social mitigation strategies to reduce the morbidity and mortality from acute infections. These strategies, however, carry a significant risk...

Women's Substance Use and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Purpose: Women are experiencing greater unemployment and increased stress from childcare responsibilities than men during the COVID-19 pandemic. Women with these experiences may be at particular risk for mental illness and increased substance use during t...

Using telehealth groups to combat loneliness in older adults through COVID-19

The letter briefs about the effectiveness of telehealth groups to combat loneliness in older adults through COVID-19. Few group interventions have been developed and validated to help alleviate loneliness in older adults. One psychosocial intervention tha...

To år med pandemi - status for det psykiske helsetilbudet til barn og unge

The mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with and without depressive, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive disorders: A longitudinal study of three Dutch case-control cohorts

BackgroundThe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in people with pre-existing mental health disorders is unclear. In three psychiatry case-control cohorts, we compared the perceived mental health impact and coping and changes in depressive sy...

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated public health response on people with eating disorder symptomatology: An Australian study

People with lived experience of eating disorders (ED) may be particularly vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated public health response due to exasperating situations such as social isolation, presence of other mental and physical health condi...

The impact of COVID-19 on the lives and mental health of Australian adolescents

Objective: There has been significant disruption to the lives and mental health of adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the exact nature of the effects is not known. The purpose of this study was to assess the psychological and lifestyle impact o...

Suicide in the Time of COVID-19: Review and Recommendations

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic presents us with unusual challenges to the global health system and economics. The pandemic may not have an immediate impact on suicide rates, however, given that it is likely to result in a confluence of risk factors f...

Students under lockdown: Comparisons of students’ social networks and mental health before and during the COVID-19 crisis in Switzerland

This study investigates students’ social networks and mental health before and at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, using longitudinal data collected since 2018. We analyze change on multiple dimensions of social networks (interaction, frie...

Social isolation in Covid-19: The impact of loneliness

‘All of humanity’s problems stem from the man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone’. We need to revisit this statement by Blaise Pascal time and again to unearth something invaluable, to reinforce something primal, especially in times such as these...

Rapid Systematic Review: The Impact of Social Isolation and Loneliness on the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents in the Context of COVID-19

Disease containment of COVID-19 has necessitated widespread social isolation. We aimed to establish what is known about how loneliness and disease containment measures impact on the mental health in children and adolescents.|For this rapid review, we sear...

Råd under korona-pandemien

Smitterverntiltakene under koronapandemien gav oss de strengeste begrensningene siden krigen. Karantene, isolasjon og redsel for smitte kan slite på både voksne og barn. Her er råd fra NKVTS om hvordan best håndtere situasjonen. Pandemien rammet oss hard...

Psykisk helse hos ungdom under covid-19:  Ensomhet, venner og sosiale medier

Preliminary findings on the associations between mental health indicators and social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Associated Factors during the Early Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Norway

The COVID-19 outbreak and the sudden lockdown of society in March 2020 had a large impact on people's daily life and gave rise to concerns for the mental health in the general population. The aim of the study was to examine post-traumatic stress reactions...

Physically isolated but socially connected: Psychological adjustment and stress among adolescents during the initial COVID-19 crisis

We are facing an unprecedented time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Measures have been taken to reduce the spread of the virus, including school closures and widespread lockdowns. Physical isolation combined with economic instability, fear of infection, and...

Older people and COVID-19: Isolation, risk and ageism

Nursing homes or abandoned castles: COVID-19 in Italy

In May 2020, during the first wave of COVID-19, we described Italian retirement homes (particularly in northern Italy) as besieged castles. 1  These homes were in difficult times with no visitors allowed and a very high number of deaths, but overall they ...

Mental Well-Being (Depression, Loneliness, Insomnia, Daily Life Fatigue) during COVID-19 Related Home-Confinement-A Study from Poland

The COVID-19 pandemic is a great threat to both physical and mental health as it may lead to psychological stress connected with an economic crisis, threat of unemployment, or fear of losing family members. Emerging data shows that the general public may ...

Mental health, quality of life, wellbeing, loneliness and use of social media in a time of social distancing during the COVID-19 outbreak. A cross-country comparative study

BackgroundThe COVID-19 outbreak raised questions about how people experience their mental health, quality of life (QoL), wellbeing and loneliness in the context of social distancing, and the use of social media during this time AimsTo examine the experie...