Mental health responses to COVID-19 around the world

the GPS-CCC Consortium

doi:10.1080/20008198.2021.1929754

Mental health responses to COVID-19 around the world

the GPS-CCC Consortium

Amsterdam University Medical Centers Location AMC
ARQ National Psychotrauma Centre
University of Indonesia
Universidade Federal de São Paulo
University of Padua
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
St. Lawrence College
Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies
University of Zagreb
Psychology Program
University of Amsterdam
Stellenbosch University
Stanford University
Royal Higher Institute of Defence
University of Warsaw
University of Bergen
Université de Tours
University of Connecticut
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Ilia State University
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
McGill University
Alvear Hospital - Human Factors SAME
University of Vienna
Centre for Applied Psychological Studies
University of Turin
University of New South Wales
Kurume University
Leiden University
Western University
University of Coimbra
Universidad Católica del Maule
Technische Universität Dresden
University of Zurich
RAS - Scientific Research Institute of Medical Problems of the North, KSC, Siberian Branch
University of Utah
Maastricht University
Complutense University
The University of Sydney
Remedy
CAS - Institute of Psychology

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Abstract

Background: The mental health impact of the COVID-19 crisis may differ from previously studied stressful events in terms of psychological reactions, specific risk factors, and symptom severity across geographic regions worldwide. Objective: To assess the impact of COVID-19 on a wide range of mental health symptoms, to identify relevant risk factors, to identify the effect of COVID-19 country impact on mental health, and to evaluate regional differences in psychological responses to COVID-19 compared to other stressful events. Method: 7034 respondents (74% female) participated in the worldwide Global Psychotrauma Screen–Cross-Cultural responses to COVID-19 study (GPS-CCC), reporting on mental health symptoms related to COVID-19 (n = 1838) or other stressful events (n = 5196) from April to November 2020. Results: Events related to COVID-19 were associated with more mental health symptoms compared to other stressful events, especially symptoms of PTSD, anxiety, depression, insomnia, and dissociation. Lack of social support, psychiatric history, childhood trauma, additional stressful events in the past month, and low resilience predicted more mental health problems for COVID-19 and other stressful events. Higher COVID-19 country impact was associated with increased mental health impact of both COVID-19 and other stressful events. Analysis of differences across geographic regions revealed that in Latin America more mental health symptoms were reported for COVID-19 related events versus other stressful events, while the opposite pattern was seen in North America. Conclusions: The mental health impact of COVID-19-related stressors covers a wide range of symptoms and is more severe than that of other stressful events. This difference was especially apparent in Latin America. The findings underscore the need for global screening for a wide range of mental health problems as part of a public health approach, allowing for targeted prevention and intervention programs.

Original language	English
Article number	1929754
Journal	European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Volume	12
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1929754
Publication status	Published - 2021

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

anxiety
COVID-19
depression
dissociation
global mental health
insomnia
PTSD
public health
risk factors
screening

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