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SynthesisGeneral hospital psychiatry

Mental health interventions and supports during COVID- 19 and other medical pandemics: A rapid systematic review of the evidence.

Sophie Soklaridis, Elizabeth Lin, Yasmin Lalani, Terri Rodak, Sanjeev Sockalingam

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Synthesis in General hospital psychiatry. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05459896 (A Health Apps for Post-Pandemic Years), which is not on this map. Cited by 77 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05459896 narecruitingnot on this map

A Health Apps for Post-Pandemic Years (HAPPY) for People With Physiological and Psychosocial Distress During the Post-Pandemic Era

TypeinterventionalSponsorThe Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityRan2024 to 2026Enrolled814ConditionsPhysiological Stress, Psychological Distress, COVID-19 Stress SyndromeArmsPhysical Activity Training, Mindfulness-based Intervention, Energy Conservation Techniques
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

77 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sophie SoklaridisCentre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; The Wilson Centre for Research in Education, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: sophie.soklaridis@camh.ca.
Elizabeth LinCentre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Yasmin LalaniCentre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Terri RodakCentre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Sanjeev SockalingamCentre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNovel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) is a global reminder of the need to attend to the mental health of patients and health professionals who are suddenly facing this public health crisis. In the last two decades, a number of medical pandemics have yielded insights on the mental health impact of these events. Based on these experiences and given the magnitude of the current pandemic, rates of mental health disorders are expected to increase. Mental health interventions are urgently needed to minimize the psychological sequelae and provide timely care to affected individuals.

methodWe conducted a rapid systematic review of mental health interventions during a medical pandemic, using three electronic databases. Of the 2404 articles identified, 21 primary research studies are included in this review.

resultWe categorized the findings from the research studies using the following questions: What kind of emotional reactions do medical pandemics trigger? Who is most at risk of experiencing mental health sequelae? What works to treat mental health sequelae (psychosocial interventions and implementation of existing or new training programs)? What do we need to consider when designing and implementing mental health interventions (cultural adaptations and mental health workforce)? What still needs to be known?

conclusionVarious mental health interventions have been developed for medical pandemics, and research on their effectiveness is growing. We offer recommendations for future research based on the evidence for providing mental health interventions and supports to those most in need.

Indexed as

Coronavirus InfectionsMental Health ServicesPandemicsPneumonia, ViralCOVID-19HumansMental Disorders

Identifiers

PMID32858431
PMCPMC7442905

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