Substance use, psychiatric symptoms, personal mastery, and social support among COVID-19 long haulers: A compensatory model.

Cheuk Chi TamShan QiaoCamryn GarrettRan ZhangAtefeh AghaeiAbhishek AggarwalXiaoming Li

Published in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2022)

Substance use is common in COVID-19 long haulers and psychiatric symptoms are the risk factors. Personal mastery and social support appear to offer protection offsetting the psychiatric influences. Substance use prevention and mental health services for COVID-19 long haulers should attend to personal mastery and social support.

Keyphrases

social support
coronavirus disease
depressive symptoms
sars cov
mental health
risk factors
sleep quality