Socio-economic inequalities in social network, loneliness and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

CONCLUSION: As a novel stressor associated with the pandemic, the situational and involuntary perception of being at risk of COVID-19 may be stimulating anxiety and depressive symptomatology, which will need to be managed effectively as resurgences of the disease are predicted and communicated to the general public under growing mistrust and uncertainty.
PMID: 33287610 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - December 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jaspal R, Breakwell GM Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: research