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COVID-19, Lockdowns and Well-Being: Evidence from Google Trends

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Google Trends data is used to test whether COVID-19 and the associated lockdowns implemented in Europe and America led to changes in well-being related topic search-terms, and finds a substantial increase in the search intensity for boredom and a significant increase in searches for loneliness, worry and sadness.
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This article is published in Journal of Public Economics.The article was published on 2021-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 356 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Population.

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The impact of COVID-19 on mental health service utilisation in England

TL;DR: In this article , the authors quantify the impact of rapid service reconfigurations on activity levels for mental health providers in England during the first thirteen months (March 2020-March 2021) of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Celebrity drug use reporting in Indian media and its impact on drug-related online search behavior: An infodemiology study.

TL;DR: Media discussions on celebrity drug use may impact the online search behavior of the general public adversely and there is an need to develop and adhere to drug use reporting guidelines by media professionals.
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Assessing the spatial variability of raising public risk awareness for the intervention performance of COVID-19 voluntary screening: A spatial simulation approach

Fei-Ying Kuo, +1 more
- 13 Oct 2022 - 
TL;DR: In this article , the authors explored the spatial variations in raising public awareness on the effectiveness of COVID-19 screening and found that when public awareness is low, concentrating on unattractive areas (such as residential or urban fringe areas) could promote a higher benefit of testing.
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News shocks at the local level: Evidence from a conditional Covid-19 containment measure

Alexandru Savu
- 01 Mar 2022 - 
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors analyze whether conditional measures impact transmission rates via a news-shock effect, that is, by incentivizing indirect actions in anticipation of the policies being carried out, and find that the Covid-19 incidence rate fell significantly in targeted constituencies following the announcement of a conditional containment measure, but prior to the policy being implemented.
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The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence.

TL;DR: A review of the psychological impact of quarantine using three electronic databases is presented in this article, where the authors report negative psychological effects including post-traumatic stress symptoms, confusion, and anger.
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An overview of systematic reviews on the public health consequences of social isolation and loneliness

TL;DR: It is highlighted that there is consistent evidence linking social isolation and loneliness to worse cardiovascular and mental health outcomes and Prevention strategies should therefore be developed across the public and voluntary sectors, using an asset-based approach.
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Gender Equality

TL;DR: The economic downturn caused by the current COVID-19 outbreak has substantial implications for gender equality, both during the downturn and the subsequent recovery as discussed by the authors, which has a particularly large impact on working mothers.
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