ReviewThe Psychiatric quarterly2020
Past Epidemics, Natural Disasters, COVID19, and Mental Health: Learning from History as we Deal with the Present and Prepare for the Future.
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- Psychological impact and resilience among healthcare workers following the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquakes: systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Association between depressive symptoms in the postpartum period and COVID-19: A meta-analysis.Journal of affective disorders · 2023Pooled it
- Clinical experiences of final-year nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-synthesis.Nurse education today · 2023Pooled it
- Economic evaluation of interventions for treatment-resistant depression: A systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Joint European policy on the COVID-19 risks for people with mental disorders: An umbrella review and evidence- and consensus-based recommendations for mental and public health.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2022Pooled it
- The Early Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health Facilities and Psychiatric Professionals.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Surviving the storm: A pragmatic non-randomised examination of a brief intervention for disaster-affected health and social care providers.Health & social care in the community · 2022Trial
- The role of sense of coherence in the relationship between posttraumatic stress, depression and anxiety among nurses in South Africa.Journal of health psychology · 2026Article
- Changing mental health from disaster to disaster: analysis of emergency psychiatric visits during pandemic and earthquake periods.BMC public health · 2026Observational
- High school students' mental health in the northern West Bank governorates in Palestine: A comparative study.Medicine · 2026Article
- Sleepless in America: A social sensing study of pandemic-era sleeplessness using nighttime social media data.PloS one · 2026Article
- Healthcare Practice Post COVID-19 Impacts: Will 21st Century Pharmacists Become Global, Agile, Collaborative and Curated?Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Mental Health Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on College Students: A Literature Review with Emphasis on Vulnerable and Minority Populations.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- A global survey on the associations between the lockdown group, free memory recall and emotional responses during the COVID-19 lockdown.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Difference in Psychiatric Hospital Admissions Between Cisgender and Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Youth, Before and During the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Management of High Acuity Patients in Pediatric Medical Settings: The Role of Consultation/Liaison Psychologists During the Growing Mental Health Crisis.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2025Article
- Work-family-self-care and day drinking among women during the COVID-19 pandemic.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Article
- Adherence to outpatient care among individuals with pre-existing psychiatric disorders following the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake: A retrospective study.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2025Article
- Long-term anxiety of natural and biological hazards on community and healthcare workers.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Depressive symptomatology in Brazil: perspectives of statistical and psychometrics analyses of the PHQ-9 at four time-points (2020-2023) in the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
As cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continue to rise, psychological endurance is a challenge many people will face. For mental health, heightened stress responses to the pandemic, is likely to manifest in three ways: 1) development of a new episode of a disorder in those with a predisposition to a major psychiatric disorder or an acute exacerbation in those who already have such a disorder, 2) development of a trauma or stressor related disorder, such as acute stress disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), or adjustment disorders, and 3) development of a symptomatic stress response that does not meet the diagnostic criteria of a psychiatric disorder. The authors reviewed existing literature on past epidemics, natural disasters, and COVID-19 with a focus on psychiatry and mental health. Psychological effects of past epidemics (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome CoV-1, Ebola, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, the Anthrax threat), past natural disasters, and current COVID-19 data suggest numerous psychological effects following the pandemic. Alcohol use, PTSD, anxiety, anger, fear of contagion, perceived risk, uncertainty, and distrust are a few of the immediate and long-term effects that are likely to result from the COVID-19 pandemic. Identifying people in need of mental health care and determining the appropriate psychiatric services and therapy needed will be important. Increasing the use and availability of telehealth, group meetings, and online resources are some ways that health care workers can prepare for the increasing demand of psychiatric services during and following the pandemic.
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