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Lockdown Policies, Economic Support, and Mental Health: Evidence From the COVID-19 Pandemic in United States

During the COVID-19 pandemic, various lockdown policies were put in place by the governments in different countries and different levels, which effectively curbed the spread of the virus, but also cause substantial damage to the mental health of local residents. We use statistics provided by the Hou...

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Autores principales: Yao, Haitang, Wang, Jiayang, Liu, Wei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9201054/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35719685
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.857444
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description During the COVID-19 pandemic, various lockdown policies were put in place by the governments in different countries and different levels, which effectively curbed the spread of the virus, but also cause substantial damage to the mental health of local residents. We use statistics provided by the Household Pulse Survey and OxCGRT between 23 April 2020 and 30 August 2021 to analyze the impact of lockdown on overall mental health levels in US states during the COVID-19 pandemic at the macro level. The results show that the lockdown policies implemented by the state governments lead to a deterioration in psychological conditions, and this relationship varies to some extent depending on the level of high-quality economic support, that the state governments implement to alleviate the symptoms of depression and anxiety associated with the lockdown. Therefore, we argue that although lockdown policies are necessary during the COVID-19 pandemic, further government efforts are needed to give high-quality economic and mental health support to mitigate the negative effects of lockdown on mental health.
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spelling pubmed-92010542022-06-17 Lockdown Policies, Economic Support, and Mental Health: Evidence From the COVID-19 Pandemic in United States Yao, Haitang Wang, Jiayang Liu, Wei Front Public Health Public Health During the COVID-19 pandemic, various lockdown policies were put in place by the governments in different countries and different levels, which effectively curbed the spread of the virus, but also cause substantial damage to the mental health of local residents. We use statistics provided by the Household Pulse Survey and OxCGRT between 23 April 2020 and 30 August 2021 to analyze the impact of lockdown on overall mental health levels in US states during the COVID-19 pandemic at the macro level. The results show that the lockdown policies implemented by the state governments lead to a deterioration in psychological conditions, and this relationship varies to some extent depending on the level of high-quality economic support, that the state governments implement to alleviate the symptoms of depression and anxiety associated with the lockdown. Therefore, we argue that although lockdown policies are necessary during the COVID-19 pandemic, further government efforts are needed to give high-quality economic and mental health support to mitigate the negative effects of lockdown on mental health. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9201054/ /pubmed/35719685 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.857444 Text en Copyright © 2022 Yao, Wang and Liu. https://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.
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Lockdown Policies, Economic Support, and Mental Health: Evidence From the COVID-19 Pandemic in United States
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title_short Lockdown Policies, Economic Support, and Mental Health: Evidence From the COVID-19 Pandemic in United States
title_sort lockdown policies, economic support, and mental health: evidence from the covid-19 pandemic in united states
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9201054/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35719685
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.857444
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