Psychiatric and non-psychiatric population vulnerabilities in time of a crisis: the unsuspected aggression factor.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In March 2020, France faced a health crisis due to the COVID-19 outbreak that, like previous infectious disease crises, involved high psychological and emotional stress, a series of factors that influenced the ongoing mental health crisis.

Methods

We recruited 384 respondents to complete an online questionnaire during the second month of isolation: 176 psychotherapy recipients (68 were currently attending psychiatric care) and 208 healthy controls. We measured demographic characteristics, impulsivity, aggression, hopelessness, suicidal risk, and the global level of anxiety and depression in order to estimate potential discrepancies in clinical measures across these populations.

Results

Our results indicate that the group currently undergoing psychiatric car

SUBMITTER: Martin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10234249 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature