In her debut blog, Philippa Clery presents the findings of three studies from the NIHR Mental Health Policy Research Unit, which explore the acceptability and efficacy of telemental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
[read the full story...]Unprecedented times: pregnancy and mental health in the era of COVID-19
Siobhan D’Almeida explores a recent paper which finds that pregnant individuals experienced high levels of anxiety and depression during COVID-19.
[read the full story...]Who can you trust? The links between childhood adversity, deprivation and pandemic restrictions in Wales
In her debut blog, Poppy Brown summarises a survey which explores the links between adverse childhood experiences, attitudes towards COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine hesitancy.
[read the full story...]COVID-19 increased depression and anxiety disorders by >25% during 2020
Dona Matthews summarises a recent study in The Lancet which estimates that worldwide COVID-19 increased depression and anxiety disorders by more than 25% in 2020.
[read the full story...]Disordered eating during COVID: understanding experiences from Reddit posts
Georgie Parker summarises a research study of Reddit comments posted during Covid-19, which looks at how the pandemic and lockdown affected people with disordered eating behaviours.
[read the full story...]PTSD, anxiety and depression in UK frontline health care workers during COVID-19
In his debut blog, Will Kapurura summarises a paper that explores the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of healthcare workers in the UK during the early part of the 2020 pandemic.
[read the full story...]Dementia care during COVID-19: difficult choices for unpaid carers
In her debut blog, Catherine Talbot reviews a recent qualitative study, which explores the decision-making process for receiving paid home care for people with dementia during COVID-19.
[read the full story...]COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: who is hesitant and why? #OxfordMentalHealth
Nikki Nabavi summarises findings from a recent survey, which suggests that COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is relatively evenly spread across the population, and that willingness to take a vaccine is closely bound to recognition of the collective importance.
[read the full story...]Humoral immune response to SARS-CoV-2 in Iceland
In another one of our Covid-19 blogs Manas Dave looks at an intersting study from Iceland looking at the changes in antibody levels within the first 4 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection.
[read the full story...]COVID-19 Dental Elf Blogs -4
This blog pulls together a number of our blogs on COVID-19 publishing since July. We also include links to our other COVID-19 relevant blogs published since March 2020.
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