Result for
Tag: mental health personal impact
November 16, 2020
Changes in Pediatric Emergency Department Visits for Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study
In a cross-sectional study conducted at a children’s hospital in Connecticut, there was a 60.8% reduction in children presenting to emergency departments with mental health-related diagnoses during the early COVID-19 pandemic period compared to 2019. Black children were significantly less likely to present with a mental health condition than white children during the pandemic as…
Job Insecurity and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression Among U.S. Young Adults During COVID-19
Job insecurity was associated with significant mental health burden among US young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. An analysis of data from the weekly Household Pulse Survey from the US Census Bureau collected in June 2020 indicated that 59% of respondents (n=4,852) aged 18 to 26 experienced direct or household employment loss since the start…
November 13, 2020
Mental Health–Related Emergency Department Visits Among Children Aged <18 Years During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, January 1–October 17, 2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic (mid-March to October) mental health related emergency department (ED) visits among children and adolescents decreased in absolute numbers, but increased as a proportion all pediatric ED visits. The proportion of mental health related ED visits among all pediatric ED visits for children aged 5–11 and 12–17 years increased by 24% and…
November 10, 2020
Psychological Entitlement Predicts Noncompliance with the Health Guidelines of the COVID-19 Pandemic
In three studies, researchers found that people classified as “psychologically entitled” (defined as someone who feels more deserving of positive outcomes than other people) are less likely to comply with health guidelines to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 and that they are more likely to say that they have already contracted it. They were also…
Bidirectional Associations between COVID-19 and Psychiatric Disorder: Retrospective Cohort Studies of 62 354 COVID-19 Cases in the USA
A retrospective review of a large US electronic health record system (n=62,354 COVID-19 patients) suggests the association between COVID-19 and psychiatric disorders may be bidirectional. In patients with no prior psychiatric history, diagnosis of COVID-19 was associated with increased incidence of a first psychiatric diagnosis in the following 14 to 90 days compared to other…
November 6, 2020
The Health Of Us Adolescent Athletes During Covid-19 Related School Closures And Sport Cancellations
Female adolescent student-athletes report higher levels of moderate-to-severe anxiety and all student-athletes who participate in team sports reported more frequent symptoms associated with depression compared to those participating in individual sports. A cross-sectional study of adolescent student athletes during COVID-19 related school closures and sport cancellations found adolescents who identify as female reported a higher…
Work-Family Strategies during COVID-19: Examining Gender Dynamics among Dual-Earner Couples with Young Children
In dual-earning opposite sex couples with young children, an “alternating day” strategy for childcare was associated with higher rates of individual well-being and job performance. A study of the childcare strategies for 274 dual-earner couples found that 37% used strategies where women did most or all childcare and 45% used egalitarian strategies. 133 couples were…
November 5, 2020
The Impact of Believing You Have Had COVID-19 on Self-Reported Behaviour: Cross-Sectional Survey
A cross-sectional survey of UK adults (n=6,149) found 24.3% of participants perceived they previously had COVID-19, although only 4% reported receiving a positive test. Participants who believed they had COVID-19 were more likely to report believing they had some level of immunity, and less likely to report adhering to lockdown measures, being worried about COVID-19,…
November 3, 2020
Psychological Distress and Adaptation to the COVID-19 Crisis in the United States
Longitudinal, nationally representative data from eight waves of the Understanding America Survey (n=7,319; observations=46,145) show that psychological distress increased significantly from March to April as the pandemic emerged and lockdown restrictions were put in place, then declined back to baseline levels by June 2020. A similar increase in distress followed by recovery to baseline levels…
October 26, 2020
High Levels of Stress Due to the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic among Parents of Children with and without Chronic Conditions across the USA
US parents experienced high levels of stressors and associated negative mental health effects during the COVID-19 pandemic. Survey responses from April 2020 from US parents of healthy children (n=300) and parents of children with chronic medical conditions (n=300) indicated that parents were moderately to highly stressed due to factors including school closures and job losses….
Previous page Next page