Patients with mental health disorders in the COVID-19 epidemic
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Public health officials have raised concerns about the potential for massive mental health impact based on increased stress associated with fear of contracting/transmitting the virus and substantial changes to routine, financial ramifications, and social isolation.
“Alongside physical health concerns, public health officials have raised concerns about the potential for massive mental health impact based on increased stress associated with fear of contracting/transmitting the virus and substantial changes to routine, financial ramifications, and social isolation (Holmes et al., 2020; Pfefferbaum and North, 2020; Yao et al., 2020).”
From Ahead of the Curve: Responses From Patients in Treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (2020) · cites this paper as Yao et al., 2020
In the paper’s main text (page unavailable), the authors describe an epidemic of fear, anxiety, and depression and warn that stress may worsen existing mental health conditions. Their concern focuses on people with mental health disorders; the text does not link a population-wide mental health impact to fear of contracting or transmitting the virus, financial ramifications, or social isolation. (LLM, conf=0.86)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredMore anxiety and depression in response to the outbreak have already been reported.
“Increased feelings of anxiety and depression in response to the outbreak have been highlighted already.63”
From Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science (2020) · cites this paper as [63]
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- Authors
- Yao, H., Chen, J.-H., & Xu, Y.-F.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- ORCID
- Yao, Hao
- Venue
- The Lancet Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-04
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- e21
- ISSN
- 2215-0366 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7269717
- OpenAlex
- W3011465629
- Cited by
- 1,393
- References
- 4
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- 2026: 12 · 2025: 39 · 2024: 69 · 2023: 175 · 2022: 269 · 2021: 446 · 2020: 380 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 127.10
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Lancet Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, mental illness, access to mental health care, health disparities, marginalised populations, psychological impact of pandemic, COVID-19 prevention
- MeSH terms
- COVID-19, Mental Disorders, China, Disease Outbreaks, Health Services Accessibility, Hospitals, Psychiatric, Humans, Inpatients, Mental Health Services, Pneumonia, Viral, Coronavirus Infections, Access to Information, Vulnerable Populations, Health Status Disparities, Social Stigma
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