Mental health in individuals with severe mental disorders during the covid-19 pandemic: a longitudinal investigation.

ABSTRACT: Research on the long-term mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across mental disorders is limited, and information on the impact of public health policy measures with varying strictness is missing. This study therefore aimed at investigating psychological distress among residents of Tyrol (Austria) and South Tyrol (Italy) at the early stages of the pandemic and 5 months thereafter and examined how sociodemographic, protective, and risk factors relate to change over time. One hundred and fifteen people with severe mental illness (SMI; schizophrenia spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder with psychotic features) or major depressive disorder without psychotic features (MDD) and 481 community controls without mental disorders participated in an online survey. N

SUBMITTER: Hofer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8903129 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature