COVID-19-related mental health challenges and opportunities perceived by mental health providers in the Philippines

Bollettino, Vincenzo; Foo, Cheryl Yunn Shee; Stoddard, Hannah; Daza, Mark; Sison, Antonio C.; Teng‐Calleja, Mendiola; Vinck, Patrick

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103578

Cited by 9 publications

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“…However, data following the conclusion of this literature review share similar findings, such as how public health workers experienced mental health exhaustion and fatigue as they delivered non-COVID-19 health services after the first wave of the pandemic (Maravilla et al, 2023 ). Others have also pointed to reduced barriers to mental health care and stigma, and increased use of telehealth and its positive impacts in the Philippines (Bollettino et al, 2023 ). Recent qualitative work has also reported stress, mental health exhaustion, fear of infection, work overload, pressure to learn new technology, and webinar fatigue among public health workers in the Philippines (Maravilla et al, 2023 ).…”

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The COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on mental and psychosocial health in the Philippines: A scoping review

Ocampo,

Santos,

Sevilleja

et al. 2024

Camb. prisms Glob. ment. health

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Low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) remained at elevated risk for the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic because of persistent stressors to their health systems. Simultaneously facing high infection rates, strict containment measures and natural disasters, the Philippines provides important grounds for health research in LMICs. This review examined how the COVID-19 pandemic affected mental and psychosocial health in the Philippines. This scoping review included literature in English from 2020 to mid-2022 from PubMed, PsycInfo and SCOPUS, and used the PRISMA-ScR and PCC-question model. Two independent reviewers conducted blind article screening and data extraction using COVIDENCE software, followed by consensus building, data charting and analyses. This work identified 405 publications across PubMed (N = 56), PsycInfo (N = 106) and SCOPUS (N = 243), of which 76 articles addressed the Philippines. Article types included 54 research articles, 10 opinion pieces, 4 literature reviews, 6 letters to journals, 1 study protocol and 1 other report. These findings focused primarily on health professionals (N = 23) and educators/learners (N = 22) and reported mostly on moderateto-severe clinical outcomes such as fear, depression, anxiety or stress. Coping behaviors, like resiliency and other ways of adapting to the pandemic, including religious, spiritual and community-oriented approaches highlighted experiences with stringent infection prevention and control measures to contain COVID-19 in the Philippines. The COVID-19 pandemic brought severe challenges to mental and psychosocial health in the Philippines. The literature focused mostly on healthcare workers and educators/learners, and moderate-to-severe mental health outcomes in these groups. There is a need to expand studies to other sociodemographic groups and communities across the Philippines. Future work stands to benefit from more in-depth qualitative, mixed methods, longitudinal and representative quantitative research in LMICs following this pandemic. Literature reviews remain important to synthesize postpandemic experiences by providing context for future studies and health practice in the Philippines and other LMICs. Impact statementThis scoping review of research literature found and described the emerging evidence base outlining comprehensive effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental and psychosocial health in the Philippines. This work addressed existing knowledge gaps by bringing light to literature that looked at concrete health outcomes such as anxiety and depression, as well as highlighting some of the daily stressors facing the population in an LMIC setting such as the Philippines. Specifically, this article reflects the literature that was published during the first 2 years of the pandemic and contributes substantially to providing an overview of what research was done during this time. This article's discussion anchors its findings in the country's local context. This body of literature largely documented the mental and psychosocial health impacts spe...

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confidence: 99%

The COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on mental and psychosocial health in the Philippines: A scoping review

Ocampo,

Santos,

Sevilleja

et al. 2024

Camb. prisms Glob. ment. health

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“…Consistent with the studies of Xiong et al ( 25 ) and Wall and Dempsey ( 109 ), our study also confirmed that women’s mental health is more serious than men’s; the RCC has a stronger effect on the mental health of male residents. Awareness of COVID-19 helps improve residents’ behavioral decisions about vaccination and production investment ( 110 ) but also affects residents’ mental health ( 111 , 112 ). Our study also showed that the higher the awareness of COVID-19, the lower the severity of stress and anxiety.…”

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Unleashing the link between the relaxation of the COVID-19 control policy and residents’ mental health in China: the mediating role of family tourism consumption

He,

Zhan,

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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ObjectiveCOVID-19 has negatively influenced industrial development, family consumption, and residents’ mental health. Unfortunately, it has not yet been studied whether this adverse situation can be alleviated after the relaxation of the COVID-19 control policy (RCC). Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the effect of the RCC on the resident’s mental health and the mediating effect of family tourism consumption.Methods By using the PSM and mediating effetc model to research the panel data of two periods (April 2021 and April 2023) for Shaanxi province, China.ResultsThe RCC negatively inhibited the mental health severity of residents, and the mental health severity decreased by 0.602. In particular, the RCC showed the most substantial negative effect on residents’ stress, followed by anxiety and depression. Meanwhile, it is found that the impact of the RCC on the mental health of residents is highly heterogeneous. The RCC indicates a linear significant effect on the mental health of residents under 60 years of age, while the results were found insignificant for residents above 60 years of age. Meanwhile, the RCC’s improvement effect on urban residents’ mental health is greater than that of rural residents. In addition, mechanism analysis showed that tourism consumption plays a mediating role in the influence of the RCC on the mental health of residents, and the mediating effect accounted for 24.58% of the total effect.ConclusionBased on the findings, the study proposes that government and policymakers should strengthen mental health intervention, improve access to mental health counseling, stimulate economic development, expand the employment of residents, and track the mutation of the novel coronavirus.

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Decreased adaptability and increased social media use of Chinese female students during COVID-19: a multivariate latent growth curve model

Ren,

Zhang,

Zhu

et al. 2024

Curr Psychol

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COVID-19-related mental health challenges and opportunities perceived by mental health providers in the Philippines

Cited by 9 publications

References 8 publications

The COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on mental and psychosocial health in the Philippines: A scoping review

The COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on mental and psychosocial health in the Philippines: A scoping review

Unleashing the link between the relaxation of the COVID-19 control policy and residents’ mental health in China: the mediating role of family tourism consumption

Decreased adaptability and increased social media use of Chinese female students during COVID-19: a multivariate latent growth curve model

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