Social isolation and the brain: effects and mechanisms

Y Xiong, H Hong, C Liu, YQ Zhang - Molecular psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
An obvious consequence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is the worldwide
reduction in social interaction, which is associated with many adverse effects on health in …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of depressive symptoms in US adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review

CK Ettman, AY Fan, M Subramanian, GP Adam… - SSM-Population …, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a worsening of mental health among US adults.
However, no review to date has synthesized the overall prevalence of population depressive …

Young adult adaptability to the social challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic: The protective role of friendships

J Juvonen, LM Lessard, NG Kline, S Graham - Journal of Youth and …, 2022 - Springer
The continuing COVID-19 pandemic enables assessment of the adaptability of young adults
to non-normative stressors threatening their social-emotional wellbeing. Focusing …

Long-COVID and comorbid depression and anxiety two years into the COVID-19 pandemic

S Rudenstine, T Schulder, KJ Bhatt, K McNeal… - Psychiatry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Long-COVID, or the persistence of COVID-19 symptoms for months after initial infection, has
been shown to impact the lives of those affected. The current study sought to investigate the …

Prevalence of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation during the Shanghai 2022 Lockdown: A cross-sectional study

BJ Hall, G Li, W Chen, D Shelley, W Tang - Journal of affective disorders, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Common mental disorders and suicidal ideation are associated with exposures
to COVID-19 pandemic stressors, including lockdown. Limited data is available on the effect …

Assets, stressors, and symptoms of persistent depression over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic

CK Ettman, GH Cohen, SM Abdalla, L Trinquart… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been accompanied by an
increase in depression in US adults. Previous literature suggests that having assets may …

Obesity and adverse childhood experiences in relation to stress during the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

V De Rubeis, A Gonzalez, M de Groh, Y Jiang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Background People with obesity are at increased risk of chronic stress, and this may have
been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) …

Prevalence of past-year major depressive episode among young adults between 2005 and 2021: Results from four national representative surveys in France

MM Husky, C Léon, E du Roscoät… - Journal of Affective …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The objectives are to examine time trends in the prevalence of past year major
depressive episode (MDE) among young adults, and to identify differences by occupational …

Research on posttraumatic stress disorder in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: A review of methods and implications in general population samples

MM Husky, RH Pietrzak, BP Marx… - Chronic Stress, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Increasing concern about the mental health sequelae to the COVID-19 pandemic has
prompted a surge in research and publications on the prevalence of posttraumatic stress …

Suicidal ideation during COVID-19: The contribution of unique and cumulative stressors

S Rudenstine, T Schulder, KJ Bhatt, K McNeal… - Psychiatry …, 2022 - Elsevier
The link between large-scale disasters and population-level risk of suicide remains unclear.
The present study sought to investigate suicidal ideation (SI) in relation to COVID-19 related …