COVID-19 and global mental health

Aranda, Zeus; Rodríguez-Cuevas, Fátima Gabriela

doi:10.1016/s2215-0366(21)00124-3

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“…A possible explanation for this might be that, as mentioned earlier, the prevalence of problematic internet use has significantly increased in recent years, and the internet is often used to cope with life stress or difficulties, which makes internet users more likely to escape from reality and suffer from mental health problems. Additionally, the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has a significant impact on life style and the mental health of students (Aranda & Rodriguez-Cuevas, 2021 ; Cui et al, 2022 ), which might also contribute to this trend.…”

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Associations Between Problematic Internet Use and Mental Health Outcomes of Students: A Meta-analytic Review

et al. 2023

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The increasing prevalence of problematic internet use has heightened concerns about its adverse impact on internet users’ mental health. Despite reviews investigating the associations between problematic internet use and mental health outcomes, there is a lack of understanding of various aspects of students’ mental health. This study aimed to bridge this gap by providing a more comprehensive overall picture of this issue through a quantitative synthesis based on three-level random-effects meta-analytic models. In total, 223 studies with a cumulative total of 498,167 participants and 512 effect sizes were included in this synthesis. The results showed that problematic internet use was moderately and positively associated with depressive symptoms, anxiety, loneliness, and other mental health outcomes, and negatively related to subjective well-being. Moderator analyses revealed that several study features (i.e., school grade, region, measure of problematic internet use, publication year, and gender) could explain the variations in the findings across individual studies. These research results provide solid evidence for the link between problematic internet use and different mental health outcomes and have implications for future research and interventions on students’ problematic internet use. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40894-022-00201-9.

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Associations Between Problematic Internet Use and Mental Health Outcomes of Students: A Meta-analytic Review

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COVID-19 and Psychotic Symptoms: the View from Psychiatric Immunology

Tripathy

Singh

et al. 2021

Curr Behav Neurosci Rep

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Purpose of Review To explore the immunological underpinnings of psychosis in the COVID-19 patients. Recent Findings COVID-19 pandemic led to a surge in psychiatric morbidities, including psychosis. Various putative biological and psychosocial changes have been implicated in COVID-19-related psychosis. COVID-19 is a proinflammatory state. Alterations in immunological processes both as a direct consequence of infection or secondary to the hyperimmune response heuristically explain the etiopathogenesis of psychosis in the affected individual. The uses of immunosuppressant and immunomodulatory drugs may be the other moderators of a psychotic presentation in COVID-19 patients. Evidence to substantiate this hypothesis is still lacking however, which further studies should address. Because of its management implications, a better understanding of the involved immunological mechanisms becomes extremely important. Summary Evidence suggests a putative role of immunological alterations in the pathogenesis of COVID-19-related psychosis. The immunological abnormalities are primarily attributed to the pathophysiology of COVID-19 infection, medications used, and stress.

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