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COVID-19 and Mental Health—What Do We Know So Far?
The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic brought several worldwide health, social, and economic disturbances—particularly associated with the imposed confinement measures—that raised concerns about an emerging public mental health crisis. Studies investigating the early mental health impact of the pand...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7649114/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33192687 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.565698 |
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author | dos Santos, Carolina Ferreira Picó-Pérez, Maria Morgado, Pedro |
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description | The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic brought several worldwide health, social, and economic disturbances—particularly associated with the imposed confinement measures—that raised concerns about an emerging public mental health crisis. Studies investigating the early mental health impact of the pandemic on general population and vulnerable groups, such as healthcare workers, revealed a high prevalence of stress, anxiety, and depression symptoms, among others, and found several risk and protective factors. Along with these findings, the risk of substance use, suicide, domestic violence, and complicated grief may increase. We further discuss interventions that can be applied at a governmental, institutional, and individual level to minimize the mental health consequences of the pandemic, such as using telehealth to provide remote support or practicing self-care. These interventions should be maintained after the initial outbreak, as current disturbances may impact long-term well-being. We encourage the development of longitudinal studies to assess long-term adaptive responses. |
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spelling | pubmed-76491142020-11-13 COVID-19 and Mental Health—What Do We Know So Far? dos Santos, Carolina Ferreira Picó-Pérez, Maria Morgado, Pedro Front Psychiatry Psychiatry The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic brought several worldwide health, social, and economic disturbances—particularly associated with the imposed confinement measures—that raised concerns about an emerging public mental health crisis. Studies investigating the early mental health impact of the pandemic on general population and vulnerable groups, such as healthcare workers, revealed a high prevalence of stress, anxiety, and depression symptoms, among others, and found several risk and protective factors. Along with these findings, the risk of substance use, suicide, domestic violence, and complicated grief may increase. We further discuss interventions that can be applied at a governmental, institutional, and individual level to minimize the mental health consequences of the pandemic, such as using telehealth to provide remote support or practicing self-care. These interventions should be maintained after the initial outbreak, as current disturbances may impact long-term well-being. We encourage the development of longitudinal studies to assess long-term adaptive responses. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7649114/ /pubmed/33192687 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.565698 Text en Copyright © 2020 dos Santos, Picó-Pérez and Morgado. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychiatry dos Santos, Carolina Ferreira Picó-Pérez, Maria Morgado, Pedro COVID-19 and Mental Health—What Do We Know So Far? |
title | COVID-19 and Mental Health—What Do We Know So Far? |
title_full | COVID-19 and Mental Health—What Do We Know So Far? |
title_fullStr | COVID-19 and Mental Health—What Do We Know So Far? |
title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 and Mental Health—What Do We Know So Far? |
title_short | COVID-19 and Mental Health—What Do We Know So Far? |
title_sort | covid-19 and mental health—what do we know so far? |
topic | Psychiatry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7649114/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33192687 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.565698 |
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