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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in the general population: A systematic review.

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The COVID-19 pandemic is associated with highly significant levels of psychological distress that, in many cases, would meet the threshold for clinical relevance.
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This article is published in Journal of Affective Disorders.The article was published on 2020-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 3011 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mental health & Distress.

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Trajectories of anxiety and depressive symptoms during enforced isolation due to COVID-19 in England: a longitudinal observational study.

TL;DR: The findings emphasise the importance of supporting individuals in the lead-up to future lockdowns to try to reduce distress, and highlight that groups already at risk for poor mental health before the pandemic have remained at risk throughout lockdown and its aftermath.
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Prevalence of symptoms of depression, anxiety, insomnia, posttraumatic stress disorder, and psychological distress among populations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

TL;DR: Findings suggest that the short-term mental health consequences of COVID-19 are equally high across affected countries, and across gender, however, reports of insomnia are significantly higher among HCWs than the general population.
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal cohort studies comparing mental health before versus during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020

TL;DR: In this article, the extent to which mental health symptoms changed during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, whether changes were persistent or short-lived, and if changes were symptom specific.
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal cohort studies comparing mental health before versus during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020

TL;DR: A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal cohort studies examined changes in mental health among the same group of participants before vs. during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 as discussed by the authors .
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Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement

TL;DR: Moher et al. as mentioned in this paper introduce PRISMA, an update of the QUOROM guidelines for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses, which is used in this paper.
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Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: The PRISMA statement

TL;DR: A structured summary is provided including, as applicable, background, objectives, data sources, study eligibility criteria, participants, interventions, study appraisal and synthesis methods, results, limitations, conclusions and implications of key findings.
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Immediate Psychological Responses and Associated Factors during the Initial Stage of the 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Epidemic among the General Population in China.

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.
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The socio-economic implications of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19): A review.

TL;DR: The socio-economic effects of COVID-19 on individual aspects of the world economy are summarised to show the need for medical supplies has significantly increased and the food sector has seen a great demand due to panic-buying and stockpiling of food products.
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The psychological impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on college students in China.

TL;DR: Having relatives or acquaintances infected with COVID-19 was a risk factor for increasing the anxiety of college students and economic effects, and effects on daily life, as well as delays in academic activities, were positively associated with anxiety symptoms.
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