The Mental Health Consequences of COVID-19 and Physical Distancing: The Need for Prevention and Early Intervention

JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Jun 1;180(6):817-818. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.1562.

Authors

Sandro Galea¹, Raina M Merchant², Nicole Lurie³

Affiliations

¹ Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
³ Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations. Oslo, Norway.

PMID: 32275292
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.1562

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Anxiety / prevention & control
Attitude to Health*
Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control
Coronavirus Infections / psychology*
Depression / prevention & control
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Mental Health / statistics & numerical data*
Pandemics / prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral / psychology*
Quarantine / psychology
SARS-CoV-2
Social Isolation / psychology*