Do pre-existing anxiety-related and mood disorders differentially impact COVID-19 stress responses and coping?

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with pre-existing mental health conditions may be more susceptible to stressors associated with COVID-19 relative to the general population; however, no studies have assessed whether susceptibility differs between classes of mental health disorders. We assessed COVID-19-related stress, self-isolation stressors, and coping in those with a primary anxiety-related disorder diagnosis, a primary mood disorder diagnosis, and no mental health disorder.

Methods

Adults from a population-representative sample from the United States and Canada who reported current (past year) anxiety-related (n = 700) or mood (n = 368) disorders were compared to a random sample of respondents who did not report a current mental health diagnosis (n = 500) on COVID-19-related stress, se

SUBMITTER: Asmundson GJG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7342169 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature