About this Research Topic
Three years after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been proven that its impact has gone beyond physical health and has also affected the mental health of the population, with a high prevalence of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, addictions and other types of psychopathology. Thus, for the first time, COVID-19 has provided the opportunity to analyze in depth how a pandemic impacts mental health. However, the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have gone further, affecting society and the health and educational systems with changes that persist to this day.
The aim of this Research Topic is to encompass knowledge on psychopathology during and, especially, after the COVID-19 pandemic, its impact on different types of populations and the changes generated in the health and educational systems. In short, to have a longitudinal perspective of the psychopathology of a pandemic to better understand its origin, evolution and resolution, which may be useful for future epidemiological events.
We welcome Original Research studies, Topic-relevant Literature Reviews and and Meta-Analysis including:
- Psychopathology developed during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in the general population and specific populations such as healthcare or education workers, students and child and adolescents due to the pandemic situation, social distancing and uncertainty about social, financial and health recovery after COVID-19.
- Neuropsychiatric sequalae due to COVID-19 infection such as Post COVID-19 (Long COVID) conditions: anxiety, depression, post traumatic stress disorder, sleep disturbances…
- Changes in prevalence, presentation, treatment and comorbidities of psychopathology prior to the pandemic.
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health and educational systems and the consequences that persist today.
- Social changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on mental health.
- Gender perspective on the development of psychopathology during COVID-19 pandemic.
- Predictors of psychopathology developed during COVID-19 pandemic.
The aim of this Research Topic is to encompass knowledge on psychopathology during and, especially, after the COVID-19 pandemic, its impact on different types of populations and the changes generated in the health and educational systems. In short, to have a longitudinal perspective of the psychopathology of a pandemic to better understand its origin, evolution and resolution, which may be useful for future epidemiological events.
We welcome Original Research studies, Topic-relevant Literature Reviews and and Meta-Analysis including:
- Psychopathology developed during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in the general population and specific populations such as healthcare or education workers, students and child and adolescents due to the pandemic situation, social distancing and uncertainty about social, financial and health recovery after COVID-19.
- Neuropsychiatric sequalae due to COVID-19 infection such as Post COVID-19 (Long COVID) conditions: anxiety, depression, post traumatic stress disorder, sleep disturbances…
- Changes in prevalence, presentation, treatment and comorbidities of psychopathology prior to the pandemic.
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health and educational systems and the consequences that persist today.
- Social changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on mental health.
- Gender perspective on the development of psychopathology during COVID-19 pandemic.
- Predictors of psychopathology developed during COVID-19 pandemic.
Keywords: COVID-19, Healthcare workers, Mental Health, Psychopathology predictors, Students
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