The effects of sustained COVID‐19 emergency and restrictions on the mental health of subjects with serious mental illness: A prospective study

• Published in: Journal of community psychology Vol. 51; no. 1; pp. 154 - 167
• Main Authors: Barone, Annarita, Billeci, Martina, D'Amore, Sofia, De Prisco, Michele, De Simone, Giuseppe, Ermini, Eleonora, Freda, Vittorio, Iannotta, Federica, Luciani, Adalgisa, Pistone, Luca, Rifici, Lorenza M., Saia, Viviana M., Spennato, Giancarlo, Subosco, Francesco, Vellucci, Licia, D'Urso, Giordano, Galletta, Diana, Fornaro, Michele, Iasevoli, Felice, Bartolomeis, Andrea
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2023; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: anxiety; COVID-19; Female; Humans; Immunization; Longitudinal studies; Measures; Mental Disorders; Mental Health; Mental health services; Pandemics; Patients; perceived stress; Prospective Studies; Questionnaires; serious mental illness; Stress; Telemedicine; telepsychiatry; vaccines; COVID-19; anxiety; serious mental illness; telepsychiatry; vaccines; mental health; perceived stress

Few longitudinal studies have so far investigated the impact of sustained COVID‐19 among people with pre‐existing psychiatric disorders. We conducted a prospective study involving people with serious mental illness (n = 114) and healthy controls (n = 41) to assess changes in the Perceived Stress Sca...