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The Effect of COVID-19 Public Health Measures On Mental Health in California (preprint)
medrxiv; 2023.
Preprint
in English
| medRxiv | ID: ppzbmed-10.1101.2023.04.17.23288661
ABSTRACT
California was the first state to implement statewide public health measures, including lockdowns and curfews, to mitigate the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. The implementation of these public health measures may have had unintended consequences related to mental health for persons in California. This study is a retrospective review of electronic health records of patients who sought care in the University of California Health System to examine changes in mental health status during the pandemic. Data were extracted prior to the pandemic (March-October 2019) and during the pandemic (March-October 2020). Weekly values of new mental health disorders were extracted and further classified based on age. Paired t-tests were performed to test for differences in the occurrence of each mental health disorder for each age group. A two-way ANOVA was performed to assess for between-group differences. When compared with pre-pandemic diagnoses, persons aged 26-35 had the greatest increase in mental health diagnoses overall during the pandemic, specifically for anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, mood disturbance, and psychosis. The mental health of persons age 25-35 were more affected than any other age group.
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Preprints
Database:
medRxiv
Main subject:
Anxiety Disorders
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Psychoses, Substance-Induced
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Bipolar Disorder
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Mood Disorders
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Depressive Disorder
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Encephalitis, California
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COVID-19
Language:
English
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Preprint
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