Mental health and COVID-19 in a general population cohort in Spain (COVICAT study).

Ximena GoldbergG Castaño-VinyalsA EspinosaA CarrerasL LiutskoE SicuriM ForasterC O'Callaghan-GordoP DadvandG MoncunillC DobañoB CortésV PleguezuelosK StraifJ Garcia-AymerichR de CidE CardisM Kogevinas

Published in: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2022)

The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown were associated with increased post-lockdown depression and anxiety. Patients with pre-existing mental health conditions are a vulnerable group for severe COVID-19 disease.

Keyphrases

mental health
coronavirus disease
sars cov
mental illness
early onset