Mental health research in response to the COVID-19, Ebola, and H1N1 outbreaks: A comparative bibliometric analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Both the COVID-19 pandemic and its management have had a negative impact on mental health worldwide. There is a growing body of research on mental health as it relates to the pandemic. The objective of this study is to use bibliometric analyses to assess the mental health research output related to the COVID-19 pandemic and compare it to that of the West Africa Ebola and H1N1 outbreaks.

Methodology

We performed comprehensive searches in Embase, PubMed, and Scopus databases, and included all types of documents related to the three outbreaks published since the respective beginnings up to August 26, 2020.

Results

Despite the shorter time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, relative to Ebola and H1N1, we found a much greater number of mental health

SUBMITTER: Maalouf FT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7591948 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature