Experiences of frontline healthcare workers and their views about support during COVID-19 and previous pandemics: a systematic review and qualitative meta …

J Billings, BCF Ching, V Gkofa, T Greene… - BMC health services …, 2021 - Springer
Background Healthcare workers across the world have risen to the demands of treating
COVID-19 patients, potentially at significant cost to their own health and wellbeing. There …

Suicide and self-harm

D Knipe, P Padmanathan, G Newton-Howes, LF Chan… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Suicide and self-harm are major health and societal issues worldwide, but the greatest
burden of both behaviours occurs in low-income and middle-income countries. Although …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020–21

H Wang, KR Paulson, SA Pease, S Watson, H Comfort… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Mortality statistics are fundamental to public health decision making. Mortality
varies by time and location, and its measurement is affected by well known biases that have …

[PDF][PDF] Mental health and COVID-19: early evidence of the pandemic's impact: scientific brief, 2 March 2022

World Health Organization - 2022 - apps.who.int
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a severe impact on the mental health and wellbeing of
people around the world (1). While many individuals have adapted (2), others have …

Suicide trends in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time-series analysis of preliminary data from 21 countries

J Pirkis, A John, S Shin, M DelPozo-Banos… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background The COVID-19 pandemic is having profound mental health consequences for
many people. Concerns have been expressed that, at their most extreme, these …

Trends in US emergency department visits for mental health, overdose, and violence outcomes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

KM Holland, C Jones, AM Vivolo-Kantor… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, associated mitigation
measures, and social and economic impacts may affect mental health, suicidal behavior …

Examining the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on family mental health in Canada: findings from a national cross-sectional study

AC Gadermann, KC Thomson, CG Richardson… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives In the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, social isolation, school/child care
closures and employment instability have created unprecedented conditions for families …

Mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health & Wellbeing study

RC O'Connor, K Wetherall, S Cleare… - The British journal of …, 2021 - cambridge.org
BackgroundThe effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the population's mental
health and well-being are likely to be profound and long lasting. AimsTo investigate the …

Suicide numbers during the first 9-15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with pre-existing trends: An interrupted time series analysis in 33 countries

J Pirkis, D Gunnell, S Shin, M Del Pozo-Banos… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Predicted increases in suicide were not generally observed in the early months
of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the picture may be changing and patterns might vary …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating mental health of US college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: Cross-sectional survey study

X Wang, S Hegde, C Son, B Keller, A Smith… - Journal of medical …, 2020 - jmir.org
Background Evidence suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic has generally increased levels
of stress and depression among the public. However, the impact on college students in the …