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Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science.
Emily A. Holmes,Emily A. Holmes,Rory C. O'Connor,V. Hugh Perry,Irene Tracey,Simon Wessely,Louise Arseneault,Clive Ballard,Helen Christensen,Roxane Cohen Silver,Ian P. Everall,Tamsin Ford,Ann John,Thomas Kabir,Kate King,Ira Madan,Susan Michie,Andrew K. Przybylski,Roz Shafran,Angela Sweeney,Carol M. Worthman,Lucy Yardley,Katherine Cowan,Claire Cope,Matthew Hotopf,Edward T. Bullmore +25 more
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In this article, the authors explore the psychological, social, and neuroscientific effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and set out the immediate priorities and longer-term strategies for mental health science research.Abstract:
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is having a profound effect on all aspects of society, including mental health and physical health. We explore the psychological, social, and neuroscientific effects of COVID-19 and set out the immediate priorities and longer-term strategies for mental health science research. These priorities were informed by surveys of the public and an expert panel convened by the UK Academy of Medical Sciences and the mental health research charity, MQ: Transforming Mental Health, in the first weeks of the pandemic in the UK in March, 2020. We urge UK research funding agencies to work with researchers, people with lived experience, and others to establish a high level coordination group to ensure that these research priorities are addressed, and to allow new ones to be identified over time. The need to maintain high-quality research standards is imperative. International collaboration and a global perspective will be beneficial. An immediate priority is collecting high-quality data on the mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic across the whole population and vulnerable groups, and on brain function, cognition, and mental health of patients with COVID-19. There is an urgent need for research to address how mental health consequences for vulnerable groups can be mitigated under pandemic conditions, and on the impact of repeated media consumption and health messaging around COVID-19. Discovery, evaluation, and refinement of mechanistically driven interventions to address the psychological, social, and neuroscientific aspects of the pandemic are required. Rising to this challenge will require integration across disciplines and sectors, and should be done together with people with lived experience. New funding will be required to meet these priorities, and it can be efficiently leveraged by the UK's world-leading infrastructure. This Position Paper provides a strategy that may be both adapted for, and integrated with, research efforts in other countries.read more
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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.
Jude Mary Cénat,Camille Blais-Rochette,Cyrille Kossigan Kokou-Kpolou,Pari-Gole Noorishad,Joana N. Mukunzi,Sara-Emilie McIntee,Rose Darly Dalexis,Marc-André Goulet,Patrick R. Labelle +8 more
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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Loneliness in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: Cross-sectional results from the COVID-19 Psychological Wellbeing Study
Jenny M. Groarke,Emma Berry,Lisa Graham-Wisener,Phoebe E. McKenna-Plumley,Emily McGlinchey,Cherie Armour +5 more
TL;DR: Supportive interventions to reduce loneliness should prioritise younger people and those with mental health symptoms, and improving emotion regulation and sleep quality, and increasing social support may be optimal initial targets to reduce the impact of COVID-19 regulations on mental health outcomes.
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Psychological impacts from COVID-19 among university students: Risk factors across seven states in the United States.
Matthew H. E. M. Browning,Lincoln R. Larson,Iryna Sharaievska,Alessandro Rigolon,Olivia McAnirlin,Lauren E. Mullenbach,Scott Cloutier,Tue M. Vu,Jennifer Thomsen,Nathan Reigner,Elizabeth Covelli Metcalf,Ashley D'Antonio,Marco Helbich,Gregory N. Bratman,Hector A. Olvera Alvarez +14 more
TL;DR: It was showed that being a woman, having fair/poor general health status, being 18 to 24 years old, spending 8 or more hours on screens daily, and knowing someone infected predicted higher levels of psychological impact when risk factors were considered simultaneously.
Journal ArticleDOI
Lockdown, quarantine measures, and social distancing: Associations with depression, anxiety and distress at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic among adults from Germany.
TL;DR: It was found that higher restrictions due to lockdown measures, a greater reduction of social contacts and greater perceived changes in life were associated with higher mental health impairments, and a subjectively assumed but not an officially announced stay-at-home order was associated with poorer mental health.
Journal ArticleDOI
The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on mental health of undergraduate students in New Jersey, cross-sectional study.
TL;DR: The COVID-19 pandemic is making a significant negative impact on mental health of college students and proactive efforts to support the mental health and well-being of students are needed.