SynthesisTranslational psychiatry2022
Mental disorders following COVID-19 and other epidemics: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Relationship between Mental Health and Emotional Eating during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
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- Mortality Rates According to the Time of Onset of Mental Disorders Among Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 in South Korea: A Nationwide Retrospective Study.Psychiatry investigation · 2026Article
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- Burden and risk factors of mental and substance use disorders among children aged 5-14 in Asia from 1990 to 2021: results from the Global Burden of Disease study.Family medicine and community health · 2025Article
- COVID-19 hardship and mental health in Chilean parents: the role of disaster exposure and family resilience.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Prevalence, persistence, and severity of 12-month and 30-day DSM-5 disorders in the World Mental Health Hong Kong Study.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2025Article
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- Mental Health and Age-Related Differences in Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study from Southeastern Türkiye.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Global, regional, and national burden of mental disorders among adolescents and young adults, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.Translational psychiatry · 2025Article
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Abstract
COVID-19 has imposed a very substantial direct threat to the physical health of those infected, although the corollary impact on mental health may be even more burdensome. Here we focus on assessing the mental health impact of COVID-19 and of other epidemics in the community. We searched five electronic databases until December 9, 2020, for all peer-reviewed original studies reporting any prevalence or correlates of mental disorders in the general population following novel epidemics in English, Chinese or Portuguese. We synthesised prevalence estimates from probability samples during COVID-19 and past epidemics. The meta-analytical effect size was the prevalence of relevant outcomes, estimated via random-effects model. I
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