Three-Month Follow-up Study of Mental Health Outcomes After a National COVID-19 Lockdown: Comparing Patients With Mood or Anxiety Disorders Living in an Area With a Higher Versus Lower Infection Incidence

• Published in: The journal of clinical psychiatry Vol. 83; no. 2
• Main Authors: Carmassi, Claudia, Dell'Osso, Liliana, Bertelloni, Carlo Antonio, Pedrinelli, Virginia, Dell'Oste, Valerio, Cordone, Annalisa, Ruggeri, Mirella, Schimmenti, Simone, Bonetto, Chiara, Tosato, Sarah
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 08.02.2022
• Subjects: Anxiety - diagnosis; Anxiety - etiology; Communicable Disease Control - methods; Communicable Disease Control - statistics & numerical data; Cost of Illness; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - prevention & control; COVID-19 - psychology; Depression - diagnosis; Depression - etiology; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Incidence; Italy - epidemiology; Male; Mental Health Recovery - trends; Middle Aged; Mood Disorders - diagnosis; Mood Disorders - epidemiology; Mood Disorders - therapy; Outcome Assessment, Health Care; SARS-CoV-2; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - etiology; Italy

The COVID-19 pandemic and the related containment measures can represent a traumatic experience, particularly for populations living in high incidence areas and individuals with mental disorders. The aim of this study was to prospectively examine posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and de...