[HTML][HTML] Psychological effects of home confinement and social distancing derived from COVID-19 in the general population—A systematic review

P Rodríguez-Fernández, J González-Santos… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Home confinement and social distancing are two of the main public health
measures to curb the spread of SARS-Cov-2, which can have harmful consequences on …

Genotoxic effect of microplastics and COVID-19: The hidden threat

G Tagorti, B Kaya - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are ubiquitous anthropogenic contaminants, and their abundance in the
entire ecosystem raises the question of how far is the impact of these MPs on the biota …

[HTML][HTML] Nature in virtual reality improves mood and reduces stress: evidence from young adults and senior citizens

SHM Chan, L Qiu, G Esposito, KP Mai, KP Tam, J Cui - Virtual reality, 2023 - Springer
Large populations worldwide have been deprived from nature experiences due to mass
quarantines and lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic, and face a looming mental …

[HTML][HTML] Trends in suicide deaths before and after the COVID-19 outbreak in Korea

S Ryu, HJ Nam, M Jhon, JY Lee, JM Kim, SW Kim - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
We investigated the effect of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on suicide
trends in Korea via a time-series analysis. We used Facebook Prophet to generate …

[HTML][HTML] Adapting to the pandemic: longitudinal effects of social restrictions on time perception and boredom during the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany

M Wessels, N Utegaliyev, C Bernhard, R Welsch… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
With the Covid-19 pandemic, many governments introduced nationwide lockdowns that
disrupted people's daily routines and promoted social isolation. We applied a longitudinal …

Cross-cultural comparisons of psychosocial distress in the USA, South Korea, France, and Hong Kong during the initial phase of COVID-19

DJ Dean, IF Tso, A Giersch, HS Lee, T Baxter… - Psychiatry …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 crisis has resulted in disruption of everyday life worldwide but the impact and
response to the pandemic have not been uniform. Many countries rapidly deployed physical …

[HTML][HTML] Time trends in mental health indicators during the initial 16 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark

MT Pedersen, TO Andersen, A Clotworthy, AK Jensen… - BMC psychiatry, 2022 - Springer
Background The COVID-19 pandemic and its associated national lockdowns have been
linked to deteriorations in mental health worldwide. A number of studies analysed changes …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on negative symptoms in individuals at clinical high-risk for psychosis and outpatients with chronic schizophrenia

GP Strauss, KI Macdonald, I Ruiz, IM Raugh… - European Archives of …, 2022 - Springer
Negative symptoms are core features of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders that are
frequently observed across all phases of illness. By their nature, COVID-19 social isolation …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Korean adolescents' mental health and lifestyle factors

J Lee, YH Ko, S Chi, MS Lee, HK Yoon - Journal of Adolescent Health, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused changes in the
daily lives of Korean adolescents and affected their emotional well-being. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Mental health of Korean adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a special report of the 2020 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination …

H Jeong, S Park, J Kim, K Oh, HW Yim - Epidemiology and health, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
OBJECTIVES Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the associated social distancing,
limited freedom, and fear of an uncertain future are expected to have substantial mental …