Showing papers in "Journal of Affective Disorders in 2021"

TL;DR: A meta-analysis to assess the prevalence of depression, anxiety, distress, and insomnia during the COVID-19 pandemic found that the general population and non-medical staff had a lower risk of distress than other populations, and Physicians, nurses, and non -medical staff showed a higher prevalence of insomnia.

TL;DR: Mental health problems and resilience co-existed in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 outbreak and open communication between parents and children about the pandemic should be encouraged to help children and teenagers cope with mental health problems in public health crisis.

TL;DR: Senior students, with suspected or conformed cases in their community and COVID-19 related worries (all AORs > 1.20, ps < 0.001) were found to have a higher risk of developing mental health problems in at least one wave.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the prevalence of depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, and posttraumatic stress symptoms among children and adolescents during global COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 to 2020, and the potential modifying effects of age and gender.

TL;DR: Extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness were negatively associated with the three mediators, which, in turn, were positively associated with generalised anxiety and depressive symptoms, with COVID-19 anxiety showing the strongest effect.

TL;DR: COVID-19 is associated with major psychological impact across Bangladesh, underlining the need of strategically located psychological support measures and improved access to mental health services, especially among women and younger people.

TL;DR: PHQ-9 has been widely validated and is recommended in a two-stage screening process, and longitudinal studies are necessary to provide evidence of long-term screening effectiveness.

TL;DR: Intravenous ketamine appears to be more efficacious than intranasal esketamine for the treatment of depression.

TL;DR: It is suggested that depression levels have risen substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic and reinforce recent findings indicating that young adults may be particularly vulnerable to the mental health effects of the pandemic.

TL;DR: About two-fifths of Chinese college students experienced anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 epidemic, and timely and appropriate psychological interventions for college students should be implemented to reduce the psychological harm caused by COIDs.

TL;DR: Higher grief levels occur among people bereaved due to COVID-19 compared to people bereaving due to natural loss and it is predicted that pandemic-related increases in pathological grief will become a worldwide public health concern.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the effect of government-imposed stringency and timeliness of response to the COVID-19 pandemic on the prevalence of depressive symptoms across 33 countries (k=114, N=640,037).

TL;DR: The model developed here revealed multiple vulnerabilities and an interplay leading from simple anxiety to clinical depression and suicidality through distress, which could be of practical utility since most of these factors are modifiable.

TL;DR: The psychological experience of COVID-19 patients during hospitalization could be summarized into five themes and the disease resulted in psychological growth and patients viewed problems with gratitude through the cherishing of life, family, bravery, and tenacity.

TL;DR: Female sex, working in Egypt, attending emergency and night shifts, watching/reading COVID-19 news ≥2 h/day, and not getting emotional support from family, society, and hospital were associated with a high likelihood of depression, anxiety, stress, and inadequate sleeping during the CO VID-19 pandemic.

TL;DR: A systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the prevalence of PTSD related symptoms in coronavirus outbreaks was conducted in this article, where the authors found 38 articles with 19,428 individuals met the eligibility criteria.

TL;DR: In this paper, a systematic review was conducted to investigate the effect of COVID-19 infection on long-term mental health outcomes, including anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and sleep disturbances.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global population, particularly with regards to levels of stress, anxiety and depression, and the risks of developing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

TL;DR: Mindfulness apps seem promising in improving well-being and mental-health, though results should be interpreted carefully due to the small number of included studies, overall uncertain risk of bias and heterogeneity.

TL;DR: Taking physical exercise may be an efficient measure to reduce behavioral problems for school-aged children in home confinement and is associated with increased risks of emotional symptoms and total difficulty.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper examined the prevalence of and risk factors for acute posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) shortly after the massive outbreak of COVID-19 in China.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the association between resilience and trajectories of mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic and found that participants in the low and normal resilience groups experienced increases in mental distress in the early months of the pandemic.

TL;DR: There is a predominant increasing trend in the likelihood of experiencing depression over time that seems not to be explainable by study design differences or publication bias alone.

TL;DR: Self-reported rates of anxiety symptoms and depression symptoms were high in investigated medical staff under outbreak of COVID-19, and psychological interventions for those at high risk with common mental problems should be integrated into the work plan to fight against the epidemic.

TL;DR: In this article, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and identifying risk and protective factors during pregnancy was investigated. But the authors did not consider the effect of social support and cognitive appraisal of the pandemic in relation to mental health.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the associations between pandemic-related income loss with financial strain and mental health trajectories over a 1-month course, in two independent cohorts.

TL;DR: In this article, a systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence and risk factors for mental health problems in undergraduates was conducted and the pooled prevalence of depression and suicide-related outcomes, and associated risk factors (odds ratios) were estimated using random effects meta-analyses.

TL;DR: Loneliness was a central factor for depression networks and also the most contributing factor of suicide ideation and Preventative efforts should consider taking experiences of loneliness into account as these are especially prevalent in adolescents.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated state resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic in psychiatric patients (PP), unaffected relatives (UR) and community controls (CC) using logistic regression models.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors found that higher acute stress response in birth was associated with more childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms (β = 2.65, p = 1.008, OR= 1.38).