ArticleDrug and alcohol review2020
Alcohol use in times of the COVID 19: Implications for monitoring and policy.
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- Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on haemorrhagic stroke admissions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2021Pooled it
- Alcohol and other substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Pooled it
- The early impact of COVID-19 on the incidence, prevalence, and severity of alcohol use and other drugs: A systematic review.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Pooled it
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- COVID-19 pandemic-related stress and substance use behaviors among people with HIV - a mixed method analysis.PloS one · 2026Article
- Past-month alcohol use in relation to the COVID-19 lockdown in 13 Indian states and union territories: gender, socioeconomic status, and state alcohol policy differences.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Early socially isolated rats of both sexes reduce alcohol consumption and seeking by the Galanin (1-15) and naltrexone combination.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
- Effects of COVID-19 economic impacts on alcohol use disorder symptoms are mediated by maximum and volume of alcohol intake: Data from the National Alcohol Survey's COVID Cohort.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2026Article
- Longitudinal predictors of alcohol use and problems during the COVID-19 pandemic in an at-risk veteran sample.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Observational
- Factors Associated with Substance Use and Physical Activity Among German University Students 20 Months into the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2025Article
- Socio-economic factors associated with alcohol and cannabis use across waves of the COVID-19 pandemic: an intersectional analysis of a repeated cross-sectional survey.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic Caused by SARS-CoV-2 on Hygiene, Health, and Dietary Habits: A Survey-Based Study.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Investigating the impact of COVID-19 related worries and loneliness on alcohol consumption: an ecological momentary assessment.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2025Article
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Abstract
Based on a literature search undertaken to determine the impacts of past public health crises, and a systematic review of the effects of past economic crises on alcohol consumption, two main scenarios-with opposite predictions regarding the impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic on the level and patterns of alcohol consumption-are introduced. The first scenario predicts an increase in consumption for some populations, particularly men, due to distress experienced as a result of the pandemic. A second scenario predicts the opposite outcome, a lowered level of consumption, based on the decreased physical and financial availability of alcohol. With the current restrictions on alcohol availability, it is postulated that, for the immediate future, the predominant scenario will likely be the second, while the distress experienced in the first may become more relevant in the medium- and longer-term future. Monitoring consumption levels both during and after the COVID-19 pandemic will be necessary to better understand the effects of COVID-19 on different groups, as well as to distinguish them from those arising from existing alcohol control policies.
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