Can COVID-19 related mental health issues be measured?

doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2020.05.049

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. 2020 Aug:88:32-34.

doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.05.049. Epub 2020 May 26.

Can COVID-19 related mental health issues be measured?

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¹ Department of Psychiatry, BKL Walawalkar Rural Medical college, Ratnagiri-415606, Maharashtra, India. Electronic address: ramdas_ransing123@yahoo.co.in.
² School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. Electronic address: r.ramalho@auckland.ac.nz.
³ Department of Clinical Neurosciences/DIMSC, School of Medicine, Section of Psychiatry, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona 60126, Italy; Drug Misuse and Novel Psychoactive Substances Research Unit, School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Herts AL109AB, UK. Electronic address: laura.orsolini01@gmail.com.
⁴ Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, East West Road, Alakahia, PMB 6173, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Electronic address: Francesadiukwu@gmail.com.
⁵ CERSAME School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad del Rosario -Clínica Nuestra Señora de la Paz, Calle 12C # 25, Bogota, Colombia. Electronic address: jairom.gonzalez@urosario.edu.co.
⁶ Razi Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunis El Manar University. Tunis 1068, Tunisia. Electronic address: Larnaout.amin@gmail.com.
⁷ Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry, WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Services Development, Queen Mary University of London, London E138SP, UK; Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Hospital de Magalhães Lemos, Porto, Portugal. Electronic address: mariana.pintodacosta@gmail.com.
⁸ Addictions Service, Department of Territorial Services, ASL 4 Teramo, Italy. Electronic address: grandinetti.paolo@gmail.com.
⁹ Hospital and University Clinical Service of Kosovo, Community Based Mental Health Center and House for Integration, Prizren 20000, Kosovo. Electronic address: drita.gashi1@gmail.com.
¹⁰ Mental Health Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1449614535, Iran. Electronic address: shalbafan.mr@iums.ac.ir.
¹¹ Department of Psychiatry, BKL Walawalkar Rural Medical college, Ratnagiri-415606, Maharashtra, India. Electronic address: ipp8507@gmail.com.
¹² Helwan Mental Health Hospital, Extension of Mansour St., behind Kbretaj Helwan Club, Helwan, 25562198 Cairo, Egypt. Electronic address: Marwa.nofal55@gmail.com.
¹³ Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, One Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA. Electronic address: vpereira@alumni.unav.es.
¹⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Koç University Hospital, Davutpasa Cad. No: 4, 34010, Topkapi, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: drozgekilic@gmail.com.

PMID: 32470593
PMCID: PMC7248629
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.05.049

Review

Can COVID-19 related mental health issues be measured?

Ramdas Ransing et al. Brain Behav Immun. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug:88:32-34.

doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.05.049. Epub 2020 May 26.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, BKL Walawalkar Rural Medical college, Ratnagiri-415606, Maharashtra, India. Electronic address: ramdas_ransing123@yahoo.co.in.
² School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. Electronic address: r.ramalho@auckland.ac.nz.
³ Department of Clinical Neurosciences/DIMSC, School of Medicine, Section of Psychiatry, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona 60126, Italy; Drug Misuse and Novel Psychoactive Substances Research Unit, School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Herts AL109AB, UK. Electronic address: laura.orsolini01@gmail.com.
⁴ Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, East West Road, Alakahia, PMB 6173, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Electronic address: Francesadiukwu@gmail.com.
⁵ CERSAME School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad del Rosario -Clínica Nuestra Señora de la Paz, Calle 12C # 25, Bogota, Colombia. Electronic address: jairom.gonzalez@urosario.edu.co.
⁶ Razi Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunis El Manar University. Tunis 1068, Tunisia. Electronic address: Larnaout.amin@gmail.com.
⁷ Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry, WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Services Development, Queen Mary University of London, London E138SP, UK; Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Hospital de Magalhães Lemos, Porto, Portugal. Electronic address: mariana.pintodacosta@gmail.com.
⁸ Addictions Service, Department of Territorial Services, ASL 4 Teramo, Italy. Electronic address: grandinetti.paolo@gmail.com.
⁹ Hospital and University Clinical Service of Kosovo, Community Based Mental Health Center and House for Integration, Prizren 20000, Kosovo. Electronic address: drita.gashi1@gmail.com.
¹⁰ Mental Health Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1449614535, Iran. Electronic address: shalbafan.mr@iums.ac.ir.
¹¹ Department of Psychiatry, BKL Walawalkar Rural Medical college, Ratnagiri-415606, Maharashtra, India. Electronic address: ipp8507@gmail.com.
¹² Helwan Mental Health Hospital, Extension of Mansour St., behind Kbretaj Helwan Club, Helwan, 25562198 Cairo, Egypt. Electronic address: Marwa.nofal55@gmail.com.
¹³ Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, One Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA. Electronic address: vpereira@alumni.unav.es.
¹⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Koç University Hospital, Davutpasa Cad. No: 4, 34010, Topkapi, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: drozgekilic@gmail.com.

PMID: 32470593
PMCID: PMC7248629
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.05.049

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[1] Ahorsu D.K., Lin C.-Y., Imani V., Saffari M., Griffiths M.D., Pakpour A.H. The fear of COVID-19 scale: development and initial validation. Int. J. Ment. Health Addict. 2020;1–9 doi: 10.1007/s11469-020-00270-8. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[2] Ahorsu D.K., Lin C.-Y., Imani V., Saffari M., Griffiths M.D., Pakpour A.H. The fear of COVID-19 scale: development and initial validation. Int. J. Ment. Health Addict. 2020;1–9 doi: 10.1007/s11469-020-00270-8. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[3] Lee S.A. How much “Thinking” about COVID-19 is clinically dysfunctional? Brain. Behav. Immun. 2020 doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.04.067. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[4] Lee S.A. How much “Thinking” about COVID-19 is clinically dysfunctional? Brain. Behav. Immun. 2020 doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.04.067. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[5] Lee S.A. Coronavirus anxiety scale: a brief mental health screener for COVID-19 related anxiety. Death Stud. 2020;44:393–401. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2020.1748481. - DOI - PubMed

[6] Lee S.A. Coronavirus anxiety scale: a brief mental health screener for COVID-19 related anxiety. Death Stud. 2020;44:393–401. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2020.1748481. - DOI - PubMed

[7] Li Z., Ge J., Yang M., Feng J., Qiao M., Jiang R., Bi J., Zhan G., Xu X., Wang L., Zhou Q., Zhou C., Pan Y., Liu S., Zhang H., Yang J., Zhu B., Hu Y., Hashimoto K., Jia Y., Wang H., Wang R., Liu C., Yang C. Vicarious traumatization in the general public, members, and non-members of medical teams aiding in COVID-19 control. Brain Behav. Immun. 2020 doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.03.007. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[8] Li Z., Ge J., Yang M., Feng J., Qiao M., Jiang R., Bi J., Zhan G., Xu X., Wang L., Zhou Q., Zhou C., Pan Y., Liu S., Zhang H., Yang J., Zhu B., Hu Y., Hashimoto K., Jia Y., Wang H., Wang R., Liu C., Yang C. Vicarious traumatization in the general public, members, and non-members of medical teams aiding in COVID-19 control. Brain Behav. Immun. 2020 doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.03.007. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] Pérez-Fuentes M. del C., Molero Jurado M. del M., Oropesa Ruiz N.F., Martos Martínez Á., Simón Márquez M. del M., Herrera-Peco I., Gázquez Linares J.J. Questionnaire on Perception of Threat from COVID-19. J. Clin. Med. 2020 doi: 10.3390/jcm9041196. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Pérez-Fuentes M. del C., Molero Jurado M. del M., Oropesa Ruiz N.F., Martos Martínez Á., Simón Márquez M. del M., Herrera-Peco I., Gázquez Linares J.J. Questionnaire on Perception of Threat from COVID-19. J. Clin. Med. 2020 doi: 10.3390/jcm9041196. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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