Looking to quantify the rates of psychological distress among health care workers, the study authors identified job-related and personal risk and protective factors.
Researchers studied whether mental health references have increased as mental health distress and suicide risk among US youth have increased over the past 2 decades.
Patient age is associated with the choice of telepsychiatry visit type, and many patients report being likely to continue with telepsychiatry even after in-person visits are available.
The researchers compared the perceived mental health impact and coping and changes in depressive symptoms, anxiety, worry, and loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic between people with and without lifetime depressive, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive disorders.