Riyu Pan

TL;DR: The findings identify factors associated with a lower level of psychological impact and better mental health status that can be used to formulate psychological interventions to improve the mental health of vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 epidemic.

TL;DR: 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.

TL;DR: Using face masks at the community level may safeguard better physical and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, and there is a need of health education with scientific information from Polish health authority on the proper use of face masks and reduce social stigma.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the levels of impact of COVID-19 on mental health among people from Spain and China and correlated mental health parameters with variables relating to symptoms similar to COVID, COVID19 knowledge, and precautionary measures, finding that Spanish respondents reported higher levels of stress and depression as well as more symptoms and use of medical services.

TL;DR: This cross-country study found that Iranians had significantly higher levels of anxiety and depression as compared to Chinese, due to differences in access to healthcare services and governments’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.