2023-04-25
COVID-19 and common mental health symptoms in the early phase of the pandemic: An umbrella review of the evidence
2023-04-25 • Anke B. Witteveen, Susanne Young, Pim Cuijpers, José Luís Ayuso‐Mateos, Corrado Barbui, Federico Bertolini, María Cabello, Camilla Cadorin, Naomi D...
Background There remains uncertainty about the impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on mental health. This umbrella review provides a comprehensive overview of the association between the pandemic and common mental disorders. We qualitatively summarized evidence from reviews with meta-analyses of individual study-data in the general population, healthcare workers, and specific at-risk populations. Methods and findings A systematic search was carried out in 5 databases for peer-reviewed system…