Researchers from Kyoto University School of Public Health and Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Bern worked with collaborators around the world to review evidence about mental health and COVID-19. They found a moderate increase in symptoms of depression and anxiety among the general population during the first 2 months of the pandemic, yet mental health impact varied significantly by population after that period. These findings are published in Annals of Internal Medicine on October 17, 2022.

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Associated Control Measures on the Mental Health of the General Population: A Systematic Review and Dose–Response Meta-analysis

Georgia Salanti, PhD*; Natalie Peter, MD*; Thomy Tonia, MSc*; Alexander Holloway, MSc*; Ian R. White, PhD; Leila Darwish, MS; Nicola Low, MD; Matthias Egger, MD; Andreas D. Haas, PhD; Seena Fazel, MD; Ronald C. Kessler, PhD; Helen Herrman, MD; Christian Kieling, MD; Dominique J.F. De Quervain, MD; Simone N. Vigod, MD; Vikram Patel, MD; Tianjing Li, PhD; Pim Cuijpers, PhD; Andrea Cipriani, MD; Toshi A. Furukawa, MD; Stefan Leucht, MD; and the MHCOVID Crowd Investigators

Annals of Internal Medicine

DOI: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M22-1507 [Open Access]