Characterizing changes in mental health-related outcomes for health service psychology graduate students during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Health service psychology (HSP) graduate students experienced adverse mental health outcomes during COVID-19. However, little is known about how mental health outcomes changed in this population after the onset of COVID-19.

Methods

N = 496 HSP graduate students reported onset or worsening of mental health outcomes, inability to access mental health care, worry about COVID-19, and stress at two different timepoints during the first year of the COVID-19 outbreak (timepoint 1: May 1 to June 25, 2020; timepoint 2: September 2 to October 17, 2020). This study tested whether mental health outcomes improved, worsened, or stayed stable during this timeframe. The study also examined whether rising COVID-19 case rates in the state where a participant lived moderated changes

SUBMITTER: Daniel KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9347532 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature