ReviewNature medicine2022
How COVID-19 shaped mental health: from infection to pandemic effects.
Review in Nature medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 229 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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229 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on the trends of care-seeking behavior for ocular diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
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- Common mental disorders and associated factors among adults after COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Possible temporal relationship between SARS-CoV-2 infection and anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: a meta-analysis.Translational psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of exercise therapy on anxiety and depression in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
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- Substance use and mental health before versus during COVID-19 pandemic among persons who inject drugs with HCV infection history-the HERO study.Harm reduction journal · 2026Trial
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- Supplementation with whey peptide rich in β-lactolin improves trait anxiety and subjective stress in healthy adults: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Differential burden of five major mental disorders in the United States across the COVID-19 pandemic.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026Article
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- Neurodegenerative and Cognitive Consequences of Long COVID.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Initiation of antidepressant medicines in Swedish patients diagnosed with COVID-19: a registry-based cohort study.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 Across 15 Major Health Domains and 67 Diseases in Individuals With Depressive Disorder: A Korean Nationwide Cohort Study.Journal of Korean medical science · 2026Article
- Societal worries and mental disorders in the general population: insights from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study (NEMESIS).BMC public health · 2026Article
- Targeting Zoonotic Spillover Drivers for Global Pandemic Prevention: A Narrative Review.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- The Mental Health Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health and Social Care Workers.Health economics · 2026Article
- Divergent trajectories of psychological distress during the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The Effect of Voluntary Staying at Home on Japanese Female Suicide During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Health economics · 2026Article
- Calling home: Adolescent-family roots of adult resilience during the COVID pandemic.Development and psychopathology · 2026Article
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Abstract
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has threatened global mental health, both indirectly via disruptive societal changes and directly via neuropsychiatric sequelae after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Despite a small increase in self-reported mental health problems, this has (so far) not translated into objectively measurable increased rates of mental disorders, self-harm or suicide rates at the population level. This could suggest effective resilience and adaptation, but there is substantial heterogeneity among subgroups, and time-lag effects may also exist. With regard to COVID-19 itself, both acute and post-acute neuropsychiatric sequelae have become apparent, with high prevalence of fatigue, cognitive impairments and anxiety and depressive symptoms, even months after infection. To understand how COVID-19 continues to shape mental health in the longer term, fine-grained, well-controlled longitudinal data at the (neuro)biological, individual and societal levels remain essential. For future pandemics, policymakers and clinicians should prioritize mental health from the outset to identify and protect those at risk and promote long-term resilience.
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