Psychological and behavioral response on the COVID-19 pandemic in individuals with bipolar disorder: A multicenter study.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic affects both mentally healthy and ill individuals. Individuals with bipolar disorder (BD) constitute an especially vulnerable group. A multicentric online study was conducted in Austria, Denmark, and Germany after the first lockdown phase in 2020. In total, 117 healthy controls (HC) were matched according to age and sex to 117 individuals with BD. The survey included the Brief Symptom Inventory-18, Beck Depression Inventory-2, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and a self-constructed questionnaire assessing COVID-19 fears, emotional distress due to social distancing, lifestyle, and compliance to governmental measures. In individuals with BD, increased symptoms of depression, somatization, anxiety, distress due to social distancing, and poorer sleep quality were related t

SUBMITTER: Dalkner N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8847084 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature