COVID-19 and individuals with mental illness in psychiatric facilities

Mukhtar, Sonia; Rana, Waleed

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113075

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“…11 Social distancing may limit opportunities to obtain support from friends and family members, potentially causing loneliness. 25 Anxiety around contracting the virus may be particularly prevalent among vulnerable groups, such as those with compromised immune function, older persons and Black and minority ethnic populations, where their increased risk has been well publicised. 16 However, although overall anxiety levels may have increased among the general population in the wake of COVID-19, much of this anxiety may be subsyndromal in severity, rather than representing severe mental illness requiring urgent medical attention.…”

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Patterns of use of secondary mental health services before and during COVID-19 lockdown: observational study

Tromans

Chester²,

Harrison

et al. 2020

BJPsych open

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Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a profound impact on both the physical and mental well-being of the global population. Relatively few studies have measured the impact of lockdown on utilisation of secondary mental health services in England. Aims To describe secondary mental health service utilisation pre-lockdown and during lockdown within Leicestershire, UK, and the numbers of serious incidents during this time frame. Method Data pertaining to mental health referral and hospital admissions to adult mental health, child and adolescent mental health, intellectual disability and mental health services for older people were collated retrospectively from electronic records for both 8 weeks pre-lockdown and the first 8 weeks of lockdown in England. Serious incidents during this time frame were also analysed. Results Significantly (P < 0.05) reduced referrals to a diverse range of mental health services were observed during lockdown, including child and adolescent, adult, older people and intellectual disability services. Although admissions remained relatively stable before and during lockdown for several services, admissions to both acute adult and mental health services for older people were significantly (P < 0.05) reduced during lockdown. Numbers of serious incidents in the pre-lockdown and lockdown periods were similar, with 23 incidents pre-lockdown, compared with 20 incidents in lockdown. Conclusions To the best of our knowledge, this is the first UK-based study reporting patterns of use of mental health services immediately prior to and during COVID-19 lockdown. Overall numbers of referrals and admissions reduced following commencement of COVID-19 lockdown. Potential reasons for these observations are discussed.

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Patterns of use of secondary mental health services before and during COVID-19 lockdown: observational study

Tromans

Chester²,

Harrison

et al. 2020

BJPsych open

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“…It, therefore, results in a domino effect due to the suppressed situation. For example, people cannot do daily activities like normally, interact with their social group, perform religious activities outside, and so on (Mukhtar and Rana, 2020).…”

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“…This situation can lead to a negative situation, such as decreasing immunity. During the COVID-19 pandemic, people should maintain their immunity ( Lima et al., 2020 ; Mukhtar and Rana, 2020 ; Rajkumar 2020 ). One study even reported high anxiety could lead to suicide incidents during COVID-19 pandemic ( Sher, 2020 ).…”

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The community psychosocial burden during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia

Megatsari¹,

Laksono²,

Ibad³

et al. 2020

Heliyon

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Background: Restricting community mobility during COVID-19 can potentially trigger anxiety, depression and stress in the community. The study aims to analyze variables associated with the community psychosocial burden (anxiety level) during the co-19 pandemic in Indonesia. Methods: This study collected data (n ¼ 8,031) online. Psychosocial burden was measured based on the anxiety level which include 5 aspects, such as economic, religious, educational, employment, and social issues. Each question used a Likert scale. Six independent were examined, such as age, gender, religion, marital, education, and employement. In the final stage, a multivariate test was performed using a multinomial logistic regression. Results: Someone older experienced less high anxiety. The age group of 20-29 years was 4,330 times likely to experience higher anxiety than the age group of 50 years. While, those in the age group of 40-49 years weer 2,322 times more likely to have higher anxiety than those in the age group of 50 years. Male respondents had lower possibility of medium to high anxiety than females. Respondents with secondary and lower education had 3,117 times possibilities to experience higher anxiety than those with high education level. Conclusion: Four variables affected the psychosocial burden i.e, anxiety level of community in Indonesia. These involved age, gender, education, and employement.

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“…Lockdown resulting in self-isolation, quarantine and social distancing is far removed from normal leisure time that might be utilized for improved personal functioning – it is a collective traumatic event which poses a serious threat to people and has resulted in a huge loss of lives and displacement for many individuals (Mukhtar and Mukhtar, 2020; Mukhtar and Rana, 2020). COVID-19 is an individual and collective traumatic event and directly or indirectly has affected every individual in the world.…”

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Psychology and politics of COVID-19 misinfodemics: Why and how do people believe in misinfodemics?

Mukhtar

2020

International Sociology

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Misinfodemics related to COVID-19 have negatively impacted people’s lives, with adverse health and psycho-sociopolitical outcomes. As the scientific community seeks to communicate evidence-based information regarding misplaced preventive strategies and misinformed help-seeking behaviors on global multifaceted systems, a secondary risk has emerged: the effects of misinfodemics on the public. Published articles on PubMed, EMBASE, Google Scholar and Elsevier about COVID-related misinfodemics have been considered and reviewed in this article. This review examines the mechanisms, operational structure, prevalence, predictive factors, effects, responses and potential curtailing strategies of misinfodemics of COVID-19. The present article shows that the popular variants of COVID-19 misinfodemics could be the joint product of a psychological predisposition which is either to reject information from experts or perceive the crisis situation as a product of misinfodemics mechanisms and partisan ideological motivations. The psychological foundations and political disposition of misinfodemics have implications for the development of strategies designed to curtail the negative consequences on public health.

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COVID-19 and individuals with mental illness in psychiatric facilities

Cited by 23 publications

References 8 publications

Patterns of use of secondary mental health services before and during COVID-19 lockdown: observational study

Patterns of use of secondary mental health services before and during COVID-19 lockdown: observational study

The community psychosocial burden during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia

Psychology and politics of COVID-19 misinfodemics: Why and how do people believe in misinfodemics?

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