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1. Non-binary gender, vulnerable populations and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: Data from the COVID-19 MEntal health inTernational for the general population (COMET-G) study.

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Fountoulakis KN, Vrublevska J, Abraham S, Adorjan K, Ahmed HU, Alarcón RD, Arai K, Auwal SS, Berk M, Bjedov S, Bobes J, Bobes-Bascaran T, Bourgin-Duchesnay J, Bredicean CA, Bukelskis L, Burkadze A, Abud IIC, Castilla-Puentes R, Cetkovich M, Colon-Rivera H, Corral R, Cortez-Vergara C, Crepin P, De Berardis D, Delgado SZ, De Lucena D, De Sousa A, Di Stefano R, Dodd S, Elek LP, Elissa A, Erdelyi-Hamza B, Erzin G, Etchevers MJ, Falkai P, Farcas A, Fedotov I, Filatova V, Fountoulakis NK, Frankova I, Franza F, Frias P, Galako T, Garay CJ, Garcia-Álvarez L, García-Portilla MP, Gonda X, Gondek TM, González DM, Gould H, Grandinetti P, Grau A, Groudeva V, Hagin M, Harada T, Hasan TM, Hashim NA, Hilbig J, Hossain S, Iakimova R, Ibrahim M, Iftene F, Ignatenko Y, Irarrazaval M, Ismail Z, Ismayilova J, Jacobs A, Jakovljević M, Jakšić N, Javed A, Kafali HY, Karia S, Kazakova O, Khalifa D, Khaustova O, Koh S, Kosenko K, Koupidis SA, Lalljee A, Liewig J, Majid A, Malashonkova E, Malik K, Malik NI, Mammadzada G, Mandalia B, Marazziti D, Marčinko D, Martinez S, Matiekus E, Mejia G, Memon RS, Martínez XEM, Mickevičiūtė D, Milev R, Mohammed M, Molina-López A, Morozov P, Muhammad NS, Mustač F, Naor MS, Nassieb A, Navickas A, Okasha T, Pandova M, Panfil AL, Panteleeva L, Papava I, Patsali ME, Pavlichenko A, Pejuskovic B, Da Costa MP, Popkov M, Popovic D, Raduan NJN, Ramírez FV, Rancans E, Razali S, Rebok F, Rewekant A, Flores ENR, Rivera-Encinas MT, Saiz P, de Carmona MS, Martínez DS, Saw JA, Saygili G, Schneidereit P, Shah B, Shirasaka T, Silagadze K, Sitanggang S, Skugarevsky O, Spikina A, Mahalingappa SS, Stoyanova M, Szczegielniak A, Tamasan SC, Tavormina G, Tavormina MGM, Theodorakis PN, Tohen M, Tsapakis EM, Tukhvatullina D, Ullah I, Vaidya R, Vega-Dienstmaier JM, Vukovic O, Vysotska O, Widiasih N, Yashikhina A, and Smirnova D

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Humans, Female, Male, Mental Health, Pandemics, Population Groups, Vulnerable Populations, Communicable Disease Control, Depression epidemiology, COVID-19 epidemiology, Substance-Related Disorders epidemiology
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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant mental health challenges, particularly for vulnerable populations, including non-binary gender individuals. The COMET international study aimed to investigate specific risk factors for clinical depression or distress during the pandemic, also in these special populations., Methods: Chi-square tests were used for initial screening to select only those variables which would show an initial significance. Risk Ratios (RR) were calculated, and a Multiple Backward Stepwise Linear Regression Analysis (MBSLRA) was followed with those variables given significant results at screening and with the presence of distress or depression or the lack of both of them., Results: The most important risk factors for depression were female (RR = 1.59-5.49) and non-binary gender (RR = 1.56-7.41), unemployment (RR = 1.41-6.57), not working during lockdowns (RR = 1.43-5.79), bad general health (RR = 2.74-9.98), chronic somatic disorder (RR = 1.22-5.57), history of mental disorders (depression RR = 2.31-9.47; suicide attempt RR = 2.33-9.75; psychosis RR = 2.14-10.08; Bipolar disorder RR = 2.75-12.86), smoking status (RR = 1.15-5.31) and substance use (RR = 1.77-8.01). The risk factors for distress or depression that survived MBSLRA were younger age, being widowed, living alone, bad general health, being a carer, chronic somatic disorder, not working during lockdowns, being single, self-reported history of depression, bipolar disorder, self-harm, suicide attempts and of other mental disorders, smoking, alcohol, and substance use., Conclusions: Targeted preventive interventions are crucial to safeguard the mental health of vulnerable groups, emphasizing the importance of diverse samples in future research., Limitations: Online data collection may have resulted in the underrepresentation of certain population groups., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest None pertaining to the current paper., (Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier B.V.)

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2024
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2. Results of the COVID-19 mental health international for the health professionals (COMET-HP) study: depression, suicidal tendencies and conspiracism.

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N Fountoulakis K, N Karakatsoulis G, Abraham S, Adorjan K, Ahmed HU, Alarcón RD, Arai K, Auwal SS, Bobes J, Bobes-Bascaran T, Bourgin-Duchesnay J, Bredicean CA, Bukelskis L, Burkadze A, Cabrera Abud II, Castilla-Puentes R, Cetkovich M, Colon-Rivera H, Corral R, Cortez-Vergara C, Crepin P, de Berardis D, Zamora Delgado S, de Lucena D, de Sousa A, di Stefano R, Dodd S, Elek LP, Elissa A, Erdelyi-Hamza B, Erzin G, Etchevers MJ, Falkai P, Farcas A, Fedotov I, Filatova V, Fountoulakis NK, Frankova I, Franza F, Frias P, Galako T, Garay CJ, Garcia-Álvarez L, García-Portilla P, Gonda X, Gondek TM, Morera González D, Gould H, Grandinetti P, Grau A, Groudeva V, Hagin M, Harada T, Hasan TM, Azreen Hashim N, Hilbig J, Hossain S, Iakimova R, Ibrahim M, Iftene F, Ignatenko Y, Irarrazaval M, Ismail Z, Ismayilova J, Jacobs A, Jakovljević M, Jakšić N, Javed A, Yilmaz Kafali H, Karia S, Kazakova O, Khalifa D, Khaustova O, Koh S, Kopishinskaia S, Kosenko K, Koupidis SA, Kovacs I, Kulig B, Lalljee A, Liewig J, Majid A, Malashonkova E, Malik K, Iqbal Malik N, Mammadzada G, Mandalia B, Marazziti D, Marčinko D, Martinez S, Matiekus E, Mejia G, Memon RS, Meza Martínez XE, Mickevičiūtė D, Milev R, Mohammed M, Molina-López A, Morozov P, Muhammad NS, Mustač F, Naor MS, Nassieb A, Navickas A, Okasha T, Pandova M, Panfil AL, Panteleeva L, Papava I, Patsali ME, Pavlichenko A, Pejuskovic B, Pinto da Costa M, Popkov M, Popovic D, Raduan NJN, Vargas Ramírez F, Rancans E, Razali S, Rebok F, Rewekant A, Reyes Flores EN, Rivera-Encinas MT, Saiz PA, Sánchez de Carmona M, Saucedo Martínez D, Saw JA, Saygili G, Schneidereit P, Shah B, Shirasaka T, Silagadze K, Sitanggang S, Skugarevsky O, Spikina A, Mahalingappa SS, Stoyanova M, Szczegielniak A, Tamasan SC, Tavormina G, Tavormina MGM, Theodorakis PN, Tohen M, Tsapakis EM, Tukhvatullina D, Ullah I, Vaidya R, Vega-Dienstmaier JM, Vrublevska J, Vukovic O, Vysotska O, Widiasih N, Yashikhina A, Prezerakos PE, Berk M, Levaj S, and Smirnova D

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Humans, Female, Male, Mental Health, Suicidal Ideation, Depression epidemiology, Anxiety epidemiology, Anxiety psychology, Health Personnel, COVID-19 epidemiology
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Introduction: The current study aimed to investigate the rates of anxiety, clinical depression, and suicidality and their changes in health professionals during the COVID-19 outbreak., Materials and Methods: The data came from the larger COMET-G study. The study sample includes 12,792 health professionals from 40 countries (62.40% women aged 39.76 ± 11.70; 36.81% men aged 35.91 ± 11.00 and 0.78% non-binary gender aged 35.15 ± 13.03). Distress and clinical depression were identified with the use of a previously developed cut-off and algorithm, respectively., Statistical Analysis: Descriptive statistics were calculated. Chi-square tests, multiple forward stepwise linear regression analyses, and Factorial Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) tested relations among variables., Results: Clinical depression was detected in 13.16% with male doctors and 'non-binary genders' having the lowest rates (7.89 and 5.88% respectively) and 'non-binary gender' nurses and administrative staff had the highest (37.50%); distress was present in 15.19%. A significant percentage reported a deterioration in mental state, family dynamics, and everyday lifestyle. Persons with a history of mental disorders had higher rates of current depression (24.64% vs. 9.62%; p < 0.0001). Suicidal tendencies were at least doubled in terms of RASS scores. Approximately one-third of participants were accepting (at least to a moderate degree) a non-bizarre conspiracy. The highest Relative Risk (RR) to develop clinical depression was associated with a history of Bipolar disorder (RR = 4.23)., Conclusions: The current study reported findings in health care professionals similar in magnitude and quality to those reported earlier in the general population although rates of clinical depression, suicidal tendencies, and adherence to conspiracy theories were much lower. However, the general model of factors interplay seems to be the same and this could be of practical utility since many of these factors are modifiable., (© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany.)

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2023
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3. The effect of different degrees of lockdown and self-identified gender on anxiety, depression and suicidality during the COVID-19 pandemic: Data from the international COMET-G study.

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Fountoulakis KN, Karakatsoulis GN, Abraham S, Adorjan K, Ahmed HU, Alarcón RD, Arai K, Auwal SS, Berk M, Bjedov S, Bobes J, Bobes-Bascaran T, Bourgin-Duchesnay J, Bredicean CA, Bukelskis L, Burkadze A, Abud IIC, Castilla-Puentes R, Cetkovich M, Colon-Rivera H, Corral R, Cortez-Vergara C, Crepin P, De Berardis D, Delgado SZ, De Lucena D, De Sousa A, Stefano RD, Dodd S, Elek LP, Elissa A, Erdelyi-Hamza B, Erzin G, Etchevers MJ, Falkai P, Farcas A, Fedotov I, Filatova V, Fountoulakis NK, Frankova I, Franza F, Frias P, Galako T, Garay CJ, Garcia-Álvarez L, García-Portilla MP, Gonda X, Gondek TM, González DM, Gould H, Grandinetti P, Grau A, Groudeva V, Hagin M, Harada T, Hasan TM, Hashim NA, Hilbig J, Hossain S, Iakimova R, Ibrahim M, Iftene F, Ignatenko Y, Irarrazaval M, Ismail Z, Ismayilova J, Jacobs A, Jakovljević M, Jakšić N, Javed A, Kafali HY, Karia S, Kazakova O, Khalifa D, Khaustova O, Koh S, Kopishinskaia S, Kosenko K, Koupidis SA, Kovacs I, Kulig B, Lalljee A, Liewig J, Majid A, Malashonkova E, Malik K, Malik NI, Mammadzada G, Mandalia B, Marazziti D, Marčinko D, Martinez S, Matiekus E, Mejia G, Memon RS, Martínez XEM, Mickevičiūtė D, Milev R, Mohammed M, Molina-López A, Morozov P, Muhammad NS, Mustač F, Naor MS, Nassieb A, Navickas A, Okasha T, Pandova M, Panfil AL, Panteleeva L, Papava I, Patsali ME, Pavlichenko A, Pejuskovic B, Da Costa MP, Popkov M, Popovic D, Raduan NJN, Ramírez FV, Rancans E, Razali S, Rebok F, Rewekant A, Flores ENR, Rivera-Encinas MT, Saiz P, de Carmona MS, Martínez DS, Saw JA, Saygili G, Schneidereit P, Shah B, Shirasaka T, Silagadze K, Sitanggang S, Skugarevsky O, Spikina A, Mahalingappa SS, Stoyanova M, Szczegielniak A, Tamasan SC, Tavormina G, Tavormina MGM, Theodorakis PN, Tohen M, Tsapakis EM, Tukhvatullina D, Ullah I, Vaidya R, Vega-Dienstmaier JM, Vrublevska J, Vukovic O, Vysotska O, Widiasih N, Yashikhina A, Prezerakos PE, and Smirnova D

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Anxiety epidemiology, Anxiety psychology, Communicable Disease Control, Depression epidemiology, Depression psychology, Female, Humans, Male, Pandemics, COVID-19, Suicide
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Introduction: During the COVID-19 pandemic various degrees of lockdown were applied by countries around the world. It is considered that such measures have an adverse effect on mental health but the relationship of measure intensity with the mental health effect has not been thoroughly studied. Here we report data from the larger COMET-G study pertaining to this question., Material and Methods: During the COVID-19 pandemic, data were gathered with an online questionnaire from 55,589 participants from 40 countries (64.85% females aged 35.80 ± 13.61; 34.05% males aged 34.90±13.29 and 1.10% other aged 31.64±13.15). Anxiety was measured with the STAI, depression with the CES-D and suicidality with the RASS. Distress and probable depression were identified with the use of a previously developed cut-off and algorithm respectively., Statistical Analysis: It included the calculation of Relative Risk (RR), Factorial ANOVA and Multiple backwards stepwise linear regression analysis RESULTS: Approximately two-thirds were currently living under significant restrictions due to lockdown. For both males and females the risk to develop clinical depression correlated significantly with each and every level of increasing lockdown degree (RR 1.72 and 1.90 respectively). The combined lockdown and psychiatric history increased RR to 6.88 The overall relationship of lockdown with severity of depression, though significant was small., Conclusions: The current study is the first which reports an almost linear relationship between lockdown degree and effect in mental health. Our findings, support previous suggestions concerning the need for a proactive targeted intervention to protect mental health more specifically in vulnerable groups., (Copyright © 2022. Published by Elsevier B.V.)

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2022
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4. Results of the COVID-19 mental health international for the general population (COMET-G) study.

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Fountoulakis KN, Karakatsoulis G, Abraham S, Adorjan K, Ahmed HU, Alarcón RD, Arai K, Auwal SS, Berk M, Bjedov S, Bobes J, Bobes-Bascaran T, Bourgin-Duchesnay J, Bredicean CA, Bukelskis L, Burkadze A, Abud IIC, Castilla-Puentes R, Cetkovich M, Colon-Rivera H, Corral R, Cortez-Vergara C, Crepin P, De Berardis D, Zamora Delgado S, De Lucena D, De Sousa A, Stefano RD, Dodd S, Elek LP, Elissa A, Erdelyi-Hamza B, Erzin G, Etchevers MJ, Falkai P, Farcas A, Fedotov I, Filatova V, Fountoulakis NK, Frankova I, Franza F, Frias P, Galako T, Garay CJ, Garcia-Álvarez L, García-Portilla MP, Gonda X, Gondek TM, González DM, Gould H, Grandinetti P, Grau A, Groudeva V, Hagin M, Harada T, Hasan MT, Hashim NA, Hilbig J, Hossain S, Iakimova R, Ibrahim M, Iftene F, Ignatenko Y, Irarrazaval M, Ismail Z, Ismayilova J, Jacobs A, Jakovljević M, Jakšić N, Javed A, Kafali HY, Karia S, Kazakova O, Khalifa D, Khaustova O, Koh S, Kopishinskaia S, Kosenko K, Koupidis SA, Kovacs I, Kulig B, Lalljee A, Liewig J, Majid A, Malashonkova E, Malik K, Malik NI, Mammadzada G, Mandalia B, Marazziti D, Marčinko D, Martinez S, Matiekus E, Mejia G, Memon RS, Martínez XEM, Mickevičiūtė D, Milev R, Mohammed M, Molina-López A, Morozov P, Muhammad NS, Mustač F, Naor MS, Nassieb A, Navickas A, Okasha T, Pandova M, Panfil AL, Panteleeva L, Papava I, Patsali ME, Pavlichenko A, Pejuskovic B, Pinto Da Costa M, Popkov M, Popovic D, Raduan NJN, Ramírez FV, Rancans E, Razali S, Rebok F, Rewekant A, Flores ENR, Rivera-Encinas MT, Saiz P, de Carmona MS, Martínez DS, Saw JA, Saygili G, Schneidereit P, Shah B, Shirasaka T, Silagadze K, Sitanggang S, Skugarevsky O, Spikina A, Mahalingappa SS, Stoyanova M, Szczegielniak A, Tamasan SC, Tavormina G, Tavormina MGM, Theodorakis PN, Tohen M, Tsapakis EM, Tukhvatullina D, Ullah I, Vaidya R, Vega-Dienstmaier JM, Vrublevska J, Vukovic O, Vysotska O, Widiasih N, Yashikhina A, Prezerakos PE, and Smirnova D

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Adult, Anxiety etiology, COVID-19 epidemiology, Depression etiology, Female, Global Burden of Disease, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pandemics, SARS-CoV-2, Stress, Psychological etiology, Suicidal Ideation, Anxiety epidemiology, COVID-19 complications, COVID-19 psychology, Depression epidemiology, Mental Health
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Introduction: There are few published empirical data on the effects of COVID-19 on mental health, and until now, there is no large international study., Material and Methods: During the COVID-19 pandemic, an online questionnaire gathered data from 55,589 participants from 40 countries (64.85% females aged 35.80 ± 13.61; 34.05% males aged 34.90±13.29 and 1.10% other aged 31.64±13.15). Distress and probable depression were identified with the use of a previously developed cut-off and algorithm respectively., Statistical Analysis: Descriptive statistics were calculated. Chi-square tests, multiple forward stepwise linear regression analyses and Factorial Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) tested relations among variables., Results: Probable depression was detected in 17.80% and distress in 16.71%. A significant percentage reported a deterioration in mental state, family dynamics and everyday lifestyle. Persons with a history of mental disorders had higher rates of current depression (31.82% vs. 13.07%). At least half of participants were accepting (at least to a moderate degree) a non-bizarre conspiracy. The highest Relative Risk (RR) to develop depression was associated with history of Bipolar disorder and self-harm/attempts (RR = 5.88). Suicidality was not increased in persons without a history of any mental disorder. Based on these results a model was developed., Conclusions: The final model revealed multiple vulnerabilities and an interplay leading from simple anxiety to probable depression and suicidality through distress. This could be of practical utility since many of these factors are modifiable. Future research and interventions should specifically focus on them., Competing Interests: Conflict of Interest None pertaining to the current paper., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier B.V. and ECNP. All rights reserved.)

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2022
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5. Telehealth and the Community SMI Population: Reflections on the Disrupter Experience of COVID-19.

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Talley RM, Brunette MF, Adler DA, Dixon LB, Berlant J, Erlich MD, Goldman B, First MB, Koh S, Oslin DW, and Siris SG

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Humans, Attitude of Health Personnel, COVID-19, Community Health Services economics, Community Health Services organization & administration, Community Health Services standards, Health Services Accessibility economics, Health Services Accessibility organization & administration, Health Services Accessibility standards, Mental Disorders therapy, Mental Health Services economics, Mental Health Services organization & administration, Mental Health Services standards, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Telemedicine economics, Telemedicine organization & administration, Telemedicine standards
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The novel coronavirus pandemic and the resulting expanded use of telemedicine have temporarily transformed community-based care for individuals with serious mental illness (SMI), challenging traditional treatment paradigms. We review the rapid regulatory and practice shifts that facilitated broad use of telemedicine, the literature on the use of telehealth and telemedicine for individuals with SMI supporting the feasibility/acceptability of mobile interventions, and the more limited evidence-based telemedicine practices for this population. We provide anecdotal reflections on the opportunities and challenges for telemedicine drawn from our daily experiences providing services and overseeing systems for this population during the pandemic. We conclude by proposing that a continued, more prominent role for telemedicine in the care of individuals with SMI be sustained in the post-coronavirus landscape, offering future directions for policy, technical assistance, training, and research to bring about this change.

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2021
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6. Results of the COVID-19 mental health international for the health professionals (COMET-HP) study: depression, suicidal tendencies and conspiracism.

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Fountoulakis, Konstantinos N, N. Karakatsoulis, Grigorios, Abraham, Seri, Adorjan, Kristina, Ahmed, Helal Uddin, Alarcón, Renato D, Arai, Kiyomi, Auwal, Sani Salihu, Bobes, Julio, Bobes-Bascaran, Teresa, Bourgin-Duchesnay, Julie, Bredicean, Cristina Ana, Bukelskis, Laurynas, Burkadze, Akaki, Cabrera Abud, Indira Indiana, Castilla-Puentes, Ruby, Cetkovich, Marcelo, Colon-Rivera, Hector, Corral, Ricardo, Cortez-Vergara, Carla, Crepin, Piirika, de Berardis, Domenico, Zamora Delgado, Sergio, de Lucena, David, de Sousa, Avinash, di Stefano, Ramona, Dodd, Seetal, Elek, Livia Priyanka, Elissa, Anna, Erdelyi-Hamza, Berta, Erzin, Gamze, Etchevers, Martin J, Falkai, Peter, Farcas, Adriana, Fedotov, Ilya, Filatova, Viktoriia, Fountoulakis, Nikolaos K, Frankova, Iryna, Franza, Francesco, Frias, Pedro, Galako, Tatiana, Garay, Cristian J, Garcia-Álvarez, Leticia, García-Portilla, Paz, Gonda, Xenia, Gondek, Tomasz M, Morera González, Daniela, Gould, Hilary, Grandinetti, Paolo, Grau, Arturo, Groudeva, Violeta, Hagin, Michal, Harada, Takayuki, Hasan, Tasdik M, Azreen Hashim, Nurul, Hilbig, Jan, Hossain, Sahadat, Iakimova, Rossitza, Ibrahim, Mona, Iftene, Felicia, Ignatenko, Yulia, Irarrazaval, Matias, Ismail, Zaliha, Ismayilova, Jamila, Jacobs, Asaf, Jakovljević, Miro, Jakšić, Nenad, Javed, Afzal, Yilmaz Kafali, Helin, Karia, Sagar, Kazakova, Olga, Khalifa, Doaa, Khaustova, Olena, Koh, Steve, Kopishinskaia, Svetlana, Kosenko, Korneliia, Koupidis, Sotirios A, Kovacs, Illes, Kulig, Barbara, Lalljee, Alisha, Liewig, Justine, Majid, Abdul, Malashonkova, Evgeniia, Malik, Khamelia, Iqbal Malik, Najma, Mammadzada, Gulay, Mandalia, Bilvesh, Marazziti, Donatella, Marčinko, Darko, Martinez, Stephanie, Matiekus, Eimantas, Mejia, Gabriela, Memon, Roha Saeed, Meza Martínez, Xarah Elenne, Mickevičiūtė, Dalia, Milev, Roumen, Mohammed, Muftau, Molina-López, Alejandro, and Morozov, Petr

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Anxiety, COVID-19, Conspiracy theories, Depression, Health professionals, Mental disorders, Mental health, Psychiatry, Suicidality, Humans, Female, Male, Mental Health, Suicidal Ideation, Health Personnel, Brain Disorders, Behavioral and Social Science, Serious Mental Illness, Mind and Body, Prevention, Good Health and Well Being, Clinical Sciences, Psychology, Cognitive Sciences
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IntroductionThe current study aimed to investigate the rates of anxiety, clinical depression, and suicidality and their changes in health professionals during the COVID-19 outbreak.Materials and methodsThe data came from the larger COMET-G study. The study sample includes 12,792 health professionals from 40 countries (62.40% women aged 39.76 ± 11.70; 36.81% men aged 35.91 ± 11.00 and 0.78% non-binary gender aged 35.15 ± 13.03). Distress and clinical depression were identified with the use of a previously developed cut-off and algorithm, respectively.Statistical analysisDescriptive statistics were calculated. Chi-square tests, multiple forward stepwise linear regression analyses, and Factorial Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) tested relations among variables.ResultsClinical depression was detected in 13.16% with male doctors and 'non-binary genders' having the lowest rates (7.89 and 5.88% respectively) and 'non-binary gender' nurses and administrative staff had the highest (37.50%); distress was present in 15.19%. A significant percentage reported a deterioration in mental state, family dynamics, and everyday lifestyle. Persons with a history of mental disorders had higher rates of current depression (24.64% vs. 9.62%; p

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2023

7. The effect of different degrees of lockdown and self-identified gender on anxiety, depression and suicidality during the COVID-19 pandemic: Data from the international COMET-G study.

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Fountoulakis, Konstantinos N, Karakatsoulis, Grigorios N, Abraham, Seri, Adorjan, Kristina, Ahmed, Helal Uddin, Alarcón, Renato D, Arai, Kiyomi, Auwal, Sani Salihu, Berk, Michael, Bjedov, Sarah, Bobes, Julio, Bobes-Bascaran, Teresa, Bourgin-Duchesnay, Julie, Bredicean, Cristina Ana, Bukelskis, Laurynas, Burkadze, Akaki, Abud, Indira Indiana Cabrera, Castilla-Puentes, Ruby, Cetkovich, Marcelo, Colon-Rivera, Hector, Corral, Ricardo, Cortez-Vergara, Carla, Crepin, Piirika, De Berardis, Domenico, Delgado, Sergio Zamora, De Lucena, David, De Sousa, Avinash, Stefano, Ramona Di, Dodd, Seetal, Elek, Livia Priyanka, Elissa, Anna, Erdelyi-Hamza, Berta, Erzin, Gamze, Etchevers, Martin J, Falkai, Peter, Farcas, Adriana, Fedotov, Ilya, Filatova, Viktoriia, Fountoulakis, Nikolaos K, Frankova, Iryna, Franza, Francesco, Frias, Pedro, Galako, Tatiana, Garay, Cristian J, Garcia-Álvarez, Leticia, García-Portilla, Maria Paz, Gonda, Xenia, Gondek, Tomasz M, González, Daniela Morera, Gould, Hilary, Grandinetti, Paolo, Grau, Arturo, Groudeva, Violeta, Hagin, Michal, Harada, Takayuki, Hasan, Tasdik M, Hashim, Nurul Azreen, Hilbig, Jan, Hossain, Sahadat, Iakimova, Rossitza, Ibrahim, Mona, Iftene, Felicia, Ignatenko, Yulia, Irarrazaval, Matias, Ismail, Zaliha, Ismayilova, Jamila, Jacobs, Asaf, Jakovljević, Miro, Jakšić, Nenad, Javed, Afzal, Kafali, Helin Yilmaz, Karia, Sagar, Kazakova, Olga, Khalifa, Doaa, Khaustova, Olena, Koh, Steve, Kopishinskaia, Svetlana, Kosenko, Korneliia, Koupidis, Sotirios A, Kovacs, Illes, Kulig, Barbara, Lalljee, Alisha, Liewig, Justine, Majid, Abdul, Malashonkova, Evgeniia, Malik, Khamelia, Malik, Najma Iqbal, Mammadzada, Gulay, Mandalia, Bilvesh, Marazziti, Donatella, Marčinko, Darko, Martinez, Stephanie, Matiekus, Eimantas, Mejia, Gabriela, Memon, Roha Saeed, Martínez, Xarah Elenne Meza, Mickevičiūtė, Dalia, Milev, Roumen, Mohammed, Muftau, and Molina-López, Alejandro

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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Prevention, Mental Health, Depression, Brain Disorders, Serious Mental Illness, Mental health, Good Health and Well Being, Anxiety, COVID-19, Communicable Disease Control, Female, Humans, Male, Pandemics, Suicide, Suicidality, lockdown, anxiety, mental health history, Mental health, lockdown, anxiety, mental health history, Medical and Health Sciences, Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, Psychiatry, Clinical sciences, Clinical and health psychology
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IntroductionDuring the COVID-19 pandemic various degrees of lockdown were applied by countries around the world. It is considered that such measures have an adverse effect on mental health but the relationship of measure intensity with the mental health effect has not been thoroughly studied. Here we report data from the larger COMET-G study pertaining to this question.Material and methodsDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, data were gathered with an online questionnaire from 55,589 participants from 40 countries (64.85% females aged 35.80 ± 13.61; 34.05% males aged 34.90±13.29 and 1.10% other aged 31.64±13.15). Anxiety was measured with the STAI, depression with the CES-D and suicidality with the RASS. Distress and probable depression were identified with the use of a previously developed cut-off and algorithm respectively.Statistical analysisIt included the calculation of Relative Risk (RR), Factorial ANOVA and Multiple backwards stepwise linear regression analysis RESULTS: Approximately two-thirds were currently living under significant restrictions due to lockdown. For both males and females the risk to develop clinical depression correlated significantly with each and every level of increasing lockdown degree (RR 1.72 and 1.90 respectively). The combined lockdown and psychiatric history increased RR to 6.88 The overall relationship of lockdown with severity of depression, though significant was small.ConclusionsThe current study is the first which reports an almost linear relationship between lockdown degree and effect in mental health. Our findings, support previous suggestions concerning the need for a proactive targeted intervention to protect mental health more specifically in vulnerable groups.

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2022

8. Results of the COVID-19 mental health international for the general population (COMET-G) study

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Fountoulakis, Konstantinos N, Karakatsoulis, Grigorios, Abraham, Seri, Adorjan, Kristina, Ahmed, Helal Uddin, Alarcón, Renato D, Arai, Kiyomi, Auwal, Sani Salihu, Berk, Michael, Bjedov, Sarah, Bobes, Julio, Bobes-Bascaran, Teresa, Bourgin-Duchesnay, Julie, Bredicean, Cristina Ana, Bukelskis, Laurynas, Burkadze, Akaki, Abud, Indira Indiana Cabrera, Castilla-Puentes, Ruby, Cetkovich, Marcelo, Colon-Rivera, Hector, Corral, Ricardo, Cortez-Vergara, Carla, Crepin, Piirika, De Berardis, Domenico, Zamora Delgado, Sergio, De Lucena, David, De Sousa, Avinash, Stefano, Ramona Di, Dodd, Seetal, Elek, Livia Priyanka, Elissa, Anna, Erdelyi-Hamza, Berta, Erzin, Gamze, Etchevers, Martin J, Falkai, Peter, Farcas, Adriana, Fedotov, Ilya, Filatova, Viktoriia, Fountoulakis, Nikolaos K, Frankova, Iryna, Franza, Francesco, Frias, Pedro, Galako, Tatiana, Garay, Cristian J, Garcia-Álvarez, Leticia, García-Portilla, Maria Paz, Gonda, Xenia, Gondek, Tomasz M, González, Daniela Morera, Gould, Hilary, Grandinetti, Paolo, Grau, Arturo, Groudeva, Violeta, Hagin, Michal, Harada, Takayuki, Hasan, M Tasdik, Hashim, Nurul Azreen, Hilbig, Jan, Hossain, Sahadat, Iakimova, Rossitza, Ibrahim, Mona, Iftene, Felicia, Ignatenko, Yulia, Irarrazaval, Matias, Ismail, Zaliha, Ismayilova, Jamila, Jacobs, Asaf, Jakovljević, Miro, Jakšić, Nenad, Javed, Afzal, Kafali, Helin Yilmaz, Karia, Sagar, Kazakova, Olga, Khalifa, Doaa, Khaustova, Olena, Koh, Steve, Kopishinskaia, Svetlana, Kosenko, Korneliia, Koupidis, Sotirios A, Kovacs, Illes, Kulig, Barbara, Lalljee, Alisha, Liewig, Justine, Majid, Abdul, Malashonkova, Evgeniia, Malik, Khamelia, Malik, Najma Iqbal, Mammadzada, Gulay, Mandalia, Bilvesh, Marazziti, Donatella, Marčinko, Darko, Martinez, Stephanie, Matiekus, Eimantas, Mejia, Gabriela, Memon, Roha Saeed, Martínez, Xarah Elenne Meza, Mickevičiūtė, Dalia, Milev, Roumen, Mohammed, Muftau, and Molina-López, Alejandro

Subjects
Mind and Body, Mental Health, Brain Disorders, Serious Mental Illness, Prevention, Depression, Behavioral and Social Science, Mental health, Good Health and Well Being, Adult, Anxiety, COVID-19, Female, Global Burden of Disease, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pandemics, SARS-CoV-2, Stress, Psychological, Suicidal Ideation, Suicidality, Conspiracy theories, Mental disorders, Psychiatry, Medical and Health Sciences, Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
Abstract

IntroductionThere are few published empirical data on the effects of COVID-19 on mental health, and until now, there is no large international study.Material and methodsDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, an online questionnaire gathered data from 55,589 participants from 40 countries (64.85% females aged 35.80 ± 13.61; 34.05% males aged 34.90±13.29 and 1.10% other aged 31.64±13.15). Distress and probable depression were identified with the use of a previously developed cut-off and algorithm respectively.Statistical analysisDescriptive statistics were calculated. Chi-square tests, multiple forward stepwise linear regression analyses and Factorial Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) tested relations among variables.ResultsProbable depression was detected in 17.80% and distress in 16.71%. A significant percentage reported a deterioration in mental state, family dynamics and everyday lifestyle. Persons with a history of mental disorders had higher rates of current depression (31.82% vs. 13.07%). At least half of participants were accepting (at least to a moderate degree) a non-bizarre conspiracy. The highest Relative Risk (RR) to develop depression was associated with history of Bipolar disorder and self-harm/attempts (RR = 5.88). Suicidality was not increased in persons without a history of any mental disorder. Based on these results a model was developed.ConclusionsThe final model revealed multiple vulnerabilities and an interplay leading from simple anxiety to probable depression and suicidality through distress. This could be of practical utility since many of these factors are modifiable. Future research and interventions should specifically focus on them.

Published
2022

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