COVID-19 pandemic and mental health consequences: Systematic review of the current evidence
By Nina Vindegaard, M. Benros. Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2020
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Highlights • COVID-19 patients displayed high levels of PTSS and increased levels of depression.• Patients with preexisting psychiatric disorders reported worsening of psychiatric symptoms.• Higher levels of psychiatric symptoms were found among health care workers.• A decrease in psychological well-being was observed in the general public.• However, well conducted large-scale studies are highly needed.
Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Neurology
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- Increases in depression and anxiety symptoms in adolescents and young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021, background): “…the COVID-19 pandemic, and that certain populations (e.g., women, individuals living in areas with a high density of COVID-19 cases) are more vulnerable to worsening mental health during the pandemic (Torales, O’Higgins, Castaldelli-Maia, & Ventriglio, 2020; Vindegaard & Benros, 2020).”
- Positive psychology in a pandemic: buffering, bolstering, and building mental health (2021, background): “…(Warren et al., 2020) and those who have existing mental illness (Asmundson et al., 2020), has shown dramatical elevations in levels of mental illness and PTSD (Buheji et al., 2020; Eisma et al., 2021; Groenewold et al., 2020; Shreffler et al., 2020; Skoda et al., 2020; Vindegaard & Benros, 2020).”