The psychology of pandemics

S Taylor - Annual review of clinical psychology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
This article reviews the current state of knowledge and promising new directions concerning
the psychology of pandemics. Pandemics are disease outbreaks that spread globally …

Effects of COVID‐19 lockdown on eating disorders and obesity: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

L Sideli, G Lo Coco, RC Bonfanti… - European Eating …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This systematic review and meta‐analysis aimed to examine: the pooled
prevalence of symptomatic behaviours and mental health deterioration amongst individuals …

Mental health concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic as revealed by helpline calls

M Brülhart, V Klotzbücher, R Lalive, SK Reich - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Mental health is an important component of public health, especially in times of crisis.
However, monitoring public mental health is difficult because data are often patchy and low …

Changes in college students mental health and lifestyle during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review of longitudinal studies

C Buizza, L Bazzoli, A Ghilardi - Adolescent research review, 2022 - Springer
College students have poorer mental health than their peers. Their poorer health conditions
seem to be caused by the greater number of stressors to which they are exposed, which can …

Psychological impact of the quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic on the general European adult population: a systematic review of the evidence

M Bonati, R Campi, G Segre - Epidemiology and Psychiatric …, 2022 - cambridge.org
AimsDue to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) different countries implemented
quarantine measures to limit the spread of the virus. Many studies analysed the mental …

Mindfulness meditation increases default mode, salience, and central executive network connectivity

B Bremer, Q Wu, MG Mora Álvarez, BK Hölzel… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Recent research has begun to identify the neural mechanisms underlying the beneficial
impact of mindfulness meditation training (MMT) on health and cognition. However, little is …

Time trends in mental health indicators in Germany's adult population before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

E Mauz, L Walther, S Junker, C Kersjes… - Frontiers in public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Times of crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic are expected to compromise
mental health. Despite a large number of studies, evidence on the development of mental …

Psychiatric emergency admissions during and after COVID-19 lockdown: short-term impact and long-term implications on mental health

J Ambrosetti, L Macheret, A Folliet, A Wullschleger… - BMC psychiatry, 2021 - Springer
Background The 'lockdown'measures, adopted to restrict population movements in order to
help curb the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, contributed to a global …

A rapid review on the influence of COVID-19 lockdown and quarantine measures on modifiable cardiovascular risk factors in the general population

A Freiberg, M Schubert, K Romero Starke… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Preceding coronavirus outbreaks resulted in social isolation, which in turn is associated with
cardiovascular consequences. Whether the current COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacts …

[HTML][HTML] Trajectories of depression, anxiety and stress among adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in Southern Switzerland: the Corona Immunitas Ticino cohort …

G Piumatti, S Levati, R Amati, L Crivelli, E Albanese… - Public Health, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives Using longitudinal data from Southern Switzerland we assessed ten-month
temporal trajectories of moderate to severe depression, anxiety and stress among adults …