Background Although evidence suggests substance and alcohol use may change during the
Covid-19 pandemic there has been no full review of the evidence around this. Methods A …

Summary The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is having a profound effect
on all aspects of society, including mental health and physical health. We explore the …

Social support plays a key role in well-being, yet one of the major preventative efforts for
reducing the spread of COVID-19 involves social distancing. During times of crisis, social …

The COVID-19 pandemic is imposing a profound negative impact on the health and
wellbeing of societies and individuals, worldwide. One concern is the effect of social …

Background The advent of COVID-19 worldwide has led to consequences for people's
health, both physical and psychological, such as fear and anxiety. This is the case in Italy …

Fear is a central emotional response to imminent threats such as the coronavirus-19 disease
(COVID-19). The Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) assesses the severity of fear towards …

Judged by the sheer amount of global media coverage, loneliness rates seem to be an
increasingly urgent societal concern. From the late 1970s onward, the life experiences of …

Loneliness is associated with mental health and thus is of particular concern in the COVID-
19 pandemic, due to physical distancing restrictions and shelter-in-place orders. The current …

In the wake of COVID-19, unemployment and its potential deleterious consequences have
attracted renewed interest. We examined (1) the association between unemployment …

Background Young people have a higher prevalence of loneliness than other age groups,
and they are also at risk of depression. Quantitative studies describe a bidirectional …