Influenza Psychoses in Successive Epidemics

National Longitudinal Mediators of Psychological Distress During Stringent COVID-19 Lockdown

“…The SARS-CoV2 virus causes mortality in less than 1% of infectious cases; it is lethal only at the population margin, yet capable of overwhelming a country's health resources. Though less apparent than a piling up of corpses in hospital corridors, strong challenges to mental health among minority segments of a population during and following a pandemic must be documented and explained (on the 1918 influenza see: Menninger, 1920; Supplement A discusses individual differences). For a detailed description of our statistical models see Appendix D. The R scripts for this study are available at https://osf.io/5gza8/.…”

National Longitudinal Mediators of Psychological Distress During Stringent COVID-19 Lockdown

“…The SARS-CoV2 virus causes mortality in less than 1% of infectious cases; it is lethal only at the population margin, yet capable of overwhelming a country's health resources. Though less apparent than a piling up of corpses in hospital corridors, strong challenges to mental health among minority segments of a population during and following a pandemic must be documented and explained (on the 1918 influenza see: Menninger, 1920; Supplement A discusses individual differences). For a detailed description of our statistical models see Appendix D. The R scripts for this study are available at https://osf.io/5gza8/.…”

Acute stress symptoms in general population during the first wave of COVID lockdown in Italy: Results from the COMET trial

“…The link between viral epidemics and mental health problems is known since 1918, with the Spanish flu pandemic (Menninger, 1920 ), due to some direct actions (i.e., neuroinvasive capabilities of viruses, Desforges et al., 2019 ; Mazza et al., 2020 ) or to indirect factors (i.e., living in a pandemic or surviving a severe disease, Deng et al., 2021 ; Fiorillo & Gorwood, 2020 ; Giannopoulou et al., 2021 ).…”

Biopsychosocial exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic and the relative risk of schizophrenia: Interrupted time-series analysis of a nationally representative sample

“…Although research demonstrates that schizophrenia is a risk factor for Covid-19 infection [13,14], the reverse is etiologically plausible. Clinical observations [15][16][17][18], theories [19,20], and research [21][22][23] imply that the multiple biopsychosocial Covid-19 pandemic adversities may increase the risk of schizophrenia. However, the available data are contradictory, indicating both Covid-19 related reductions [24,25] and increases [26] in the rate of incident schizophrenia compared to the pre-exposure periods.…”

National Longitudinal Mediators of Psychological Distress During Stringent COVID-19 Lockdown

“…The SARS-CoV2 virus causes mortality in less than 1% of infectious cases; it is lethal only at the population margin, yet capable of overwhelming a country's health resources. Though less apparent than a piling up of corpses in hospital corridors, strong challenges to mental health among minority segments of a population during and following a pandemic must be documented and explained (on the 1918 influenza see: Menninger, 1920; Supplement A discusses individual differences). For a detailed description of our statistical models see Appendix D. The R scripts for this study are available at https://osf.io/5gza8/.…”

Acute stress symptoms in general population during the first wave of COVID lockdown in Italy: Results from the COMET trial

“…The link between viral epidemics and mental health problems is known since 1918, with the Spanish flu pandemic (Menninger, 1920 ), due to some direct actions (i.e., neuroinvasive capabilities of viruses, Desforges et al., 2019 ; Mazza et al., 2020 ) or to indirect factors (i.e., living in a pandemic or surviving a severe disease, Deng et al., 2021 ; Fiorillo & Gorwood, 2020 ; Giannopoulou et al., 2021 ).…”

Biopsychosocial exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic and the relative risk of schizophrenia: Interrupted time-series analysis of a nationally representative sample

“…Although research demonstrates that schizophrenia is a risk factor for Covid-19 infection [13,14], the reverse is etiologically plausible. Clinical observations [15][16][17][18], theories [19,20], and research [21][22][23] imply that the multiple biopsychosocial Covid-19 pandemic adversities may increase the risk of schizophrenia. However, the available data are contradictory, indicating both Covid-19 related reductions [24,25] and increases [26] in the rate of incident schizophrenia compared to the pre-exposure periods.…”

National Longitudinal Mediators of Psychological Distress During Stringent COVID-19 Lockdown

“…The SARS-CoV2 virus causes mortality in less than 1% of infectious cases; it is lethal only at the population margin, yet capable of overwhelming a country's health resources. Though less apparent than a piling up of corpses in hospital corridors, strong challenges to mental health among minority segments of a population during and following a pandemic must be documented and explained (on the 1918 influenza see: Menninger, 1920; Supplement A discusses individual differences). For a detailed description of our statistical models see Appendix D. The R scripts for this study are available at https://osf.io/5gza8/.…”

Acute stress symptoms in general population during the first wave of COVID lockdown in Italy: Results from the COMET trial

“…The link between viral epidemics and mental health problems is known since 1918, with the Spanish flu pandemic (Menninger, 1920 ), due to some direct actions (i.e., neuroinvasive capabilities of viruses, Desforges et al., 2019 ; Mazza et al., 2020 ) or to indirect factors (i.e., living in a pandemic or surviving a severe disease, Deng et al., 2021 ; Fiorillo & Gorwood, 2020 ; Giannopoulou et al., 2021 ).…”

Biopsychosocial exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic and the relative risk of schizophrenia: Interrupted time-series analysis of a nationally representative sample

“…Although research demonstrates that schizophrenia is a risk factor for Covid-19 infection [13,14], the reverse is etiologically plausible. Clinical observations [15][16][17][18], theories [19,20], and research [21][22][23] imply that the multiple biopsychosocial Covid-19 pandemic adversities may increase the risk of schizophrenia. However, the available data are contradictory, indicating both Covid-19 related reductions [24,25] and increases [26] in the rate of incident schizophrenia compared to the pre-exposure periods.…”