Increased depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazilian mothers: a longitudinal study

Christian Loret de Mola; Cauane Blumenberg; Rafaela C Martins; Thais Martins-Silva; Marina X Carpena; Bianca Del-Ponte; Rebecca Pearson; Ana L Soares; Juraci A Cesar

doi:10.1590/1516-4446-2020-1628

Increased depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazilian mothers: a longitudinal study

Braz J Psychiatry. 2021 May-Jun;43(3):337-338. doi: 10.1590/1516-4446-2020-1628.

Authors

Christian Loret de Mola^{1

2

3

4}, Cauane Blumenberg^{1

3}, Rafaela C Martins^{1

3

4}, Thais Martins-Silva^{1

3

4}, Marina X Carpena^{1

3}, Bianca Del-Ponte^{1

3}, Rebecca Pearson⁵, Ana L Soares^{6

7}, Juraci A Cesar²

Affiliations

¹ Grupo de Pesquisa e Inovação em Saúde (GPIS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
² Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Pública, FURG, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
³ Programa de Pós-Graduação em Epidemiologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
⁴ Human Development and Violence Research Centre (DOVE), UFPel, Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
⁵ Centre for Academic Mental Health, School of Social & Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
⁶ Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
⁷ MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Anxiety / epidemiology
Brazil / epidemiology
COVID-19*
Depression / epidemiology
Female
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Mothers
Pandemics*
SARS-CoV-2

Grants and funding

MC_UU_00011/6/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom