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ArticleBMC psychiatry2023

Psychiatric and non-psychiatric population vulnerabilities in time of a crisis: the unsuspected aggression factor.

Sylvia Martin, Anna Oltra, Jonathan Del Monte

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Article in BMC psychiatry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sylvia MartinCenter for Research and Bioethics, Uppsala University, Husargatan 3, BMC, entrance A11, 75224, Uppsala, Sweden. sylvia.martin@crb.uu.se.
Anna OltraClinical psychology Private practice, Toulouse, France.
Jonathan Del MontePsychosocial Laboratory, Aix-Marseille University, Aix Marseille, France.
Université de Nîmes · FRUppsala University · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesIn March 2020, France faced a health crisis due to the COVID-19 outbreak that, like previous infectious disease crises, involved high psychological and emotional stress, a series of factors that influenced the ongoing mental health crisis.

methodsWe recruited 384 respondents to complete an online questionnaire during the second month of isolation: 176 psychotherapy recipients (68 were currently attending psychiatric care) and 208 healthy controls. We measured demographic characteristics, impulsivity, aggression, hopelessness, suicidal risk, and the global level of anxiety and depression in order to estimate potential discrepancies in clinical measures across these populations.

resultsOur results indicate that the group currently undergoing psychiatric care was prone to loneliness and social isolation. Regarding clinical and nonclinical population, there were differences in suicidal risk, depression, anxiety, and hopelessness but mainly in aggression. Regression analysis also demonstrated that aggression surprisingly influenced anxiety levels. Patients undergoing therapy compared with patients who were not displayed differences only in suicidal risk, anxiety, and hopelessness, with those undergoing therapy having higher scores. The outpatient group undergoing therapy had a significantly lower level of impulsivity. Moreover, the regression to predict anxiety and depression levels from correlated factors highlighted the potentially heightened role of aggression in predicting anxiety in the clinical group.

conclusionNew research into stress reactions should assess other clinical signals, such as aggression, and examine preventive mental health interventions in times of crisis.

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COVID-19AggressionAnxietyAnxiety DisordersDepressionHumansMental HealthAggressionAnxietyCOVID-19DepressionImpulsivityQuarantine

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