Mental Health Consequences of COVID-19 Pandemic Period in the European Population: An Institutional Challenge.

ABSTRACT: The worldwide spread of SARS-CoV-2 has been responsible for an infectious pandemic, with repercussions on socio-economic aspects and on the physical and mental health of the general population. The present systematic review aimed to evaluate the data belonging to the European framework, analyzing the population by age group. Original articles and reviews on the state of mental health of the general European population have been researched starting from 2021. Initially, a total of 1764 studies were found, among which a total of 75 were selected. Youth were the age group most affected by pandemic consequences on mental health, with emotional and behavioral alterations observed from a third to more than a half of children and adolescents examined. Among both adolescents and adults, the female

SUBMITTER: Di Fazio N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9367746 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature