Ainamani, Herbert E Bamwerinde, Wilson M Rukundo, Godfrey Z Tumwesigire, Sam Kalibwani, Rebecca M Bikaitwaho, Evard M Tsai, Alexander C
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Preventive medicine reports
Evidence from high-income settings suggests that gardening is associated with reductions in depression, anxiety, and stress. The benefits of gardening are less well understood by mental health practitioners and researchers from low- and middle-income countries. Our study estimated the association between participation in gardening and symptoms of d...
Roy, Adrija Singh, Arvind Kumar Mishra, Shree Chinnadurai, Aravinda Mitra, Arun Bakshi, Ojaswini
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The International journal of social psychiatry
Mental health concerns and treatment usually take a backseat when the limited resources are geared for pandemic containment. In this global humanitarian crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health issues have been reported from all over the world. In this study, we attempt to review the prevailing mental health issues during the COVID-19 pandemi...
Tsakiridis, Ioannis Dagklis, Themistoklis Mamopoulos, Apostolos Athanasiadis, Apostolos Pearson, Rebecca Papazisis, Georgios
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Journal of perinatal medicine
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the public health measures introduced to control it, on mental health, is largely unknown. Research conducted during past epidemics found that pregnant women are more vulnerable psychologically. The aim of this study was to investigate antenatal depressive and anxiety symptoms during this pandemic in Greece. ...
Cao, Yuming Liu, Juan Zhang, Yuanzhen Li, Yating Chen, Zhenlie Lu, Jing
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Journal of perinatal medicine
The outbreak of COVID-19 affects both physical and mental health of pregnant women. This study focuses on their psychological status, and analyzes the main factors affecting their emotions of pregnant women so as to provide guidance for psychological counseling and social intervention during epidemics. Multiple researchers distributed a questionnai...
Taylor, Brittany K. Frenzel, Michaela R. Johnson, Hallie J. Willett, Madelyn P. White, Stuart F. Badura-Brack, Amy S. Wilson, Tony W.
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Frontiers in Psychology
Working parents in are struggling to balance the demands of their occupation with those of childcare and homeschooling during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, studies show that women are shouldering more of the burden and reporting greater levels of psychological distress, anxiety, and depression relative to men. However, research has yet to show t...
Chen, Xin Qiu, Nan Zhai, Liang Ren, Gui
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Frontiers in Pharmacology
Studies have reported that anxiety had a positive effect on depression among substance abusers in males. However, little is known about the mechanism underlying this relationship in substance abusers in males. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating effect of loneliness and drug craving between anxiety and depression in substance...
Wu, Shizhen Zhang, Keshun Parks-Stamm, Elizabeth J. Hu, Zhonghui Ji, Yaqi Cui, Xinxin
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Frontiers in Psychology
Although accumulating evidence suggests the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with costs in mental health, the development of students' mental health, including the change from their previous levels of depression and anxiety and the factors associated with this change, has not been well-studied. The present study investigates changes in students' anx...
Lee, Jung Hyun Lee, Dayoung Hyun, Soyoen Hong, Ji Sun Kim, Chang-Hoon Kim, Woojin Sim, Minyoung
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Frontiers in Psychiatry
Experiences of infectious diseases cause stressful and traumatic life events, hence, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients could suffer from various mental health problems requiring psychological support services. This study investigates the severity of mental health problems among confirmed COVID-19 patients. From March to November 2020, we...
Deng, Na Bi, Hongyan Zhao, Jinxia
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Frontiers in Psychology
Based on the risk and protective factor framework and context-dependent theory, the present study investigated the association between maternal psychological control and anxiety among left-behind children in rural China as well as the moderating roles of externalizing problem behavior and teacher support in this association. A total of 149 children...
Shao, Fangbing Fang, Junfan Qiu, Mengting Wang, Sisi Xi, Danning Shao, Xiaomei He, Xiaofen Fang, Jianqiao Du, Junying
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Frontiers in Neuroscience
Chronic inflammatory pain is a common clinical disease that tends to be associated with negative emotions such as anxiety and depression. The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is involved in pain and pain-related anxiety, and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-ergic interneurons play an important role in chronic pain and anxiety. Electroacupuncture (EA) has ...
