Psychological distress and adaptation to the COVID-19 crisis in the United States.

ABSTRACT: There is growing concern that the COVID-19 crisis may have long-standing mental health effects across society particularly amongst those with pre-existing mental health conditions. In this observational population-based study, we examined how psychological distress changed following the emergence of the COVID-19 crisis in the United States and tested whether certain population subgroups were vulnerable to persistent distress during the crisis. We analyzed longitudinal nationally representative data from eight waves of the Understanding America Study (UAS) collected between March 10th and July 20th, 2020 (N = 7319 Observations = 46,145). Differences in distress trends were examined by age, sex, race/ethnicity, and household income and by the presence of a pre-existing mental health diagnosi

SUBMITTER: Daly M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7588823 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature