Title
The impact of COVID-19 on individuals living with serious mental illness
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Psychiatry
Publication Date
2020-05-27
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Infectious Disease | Mental and Social Health | Psychiatry | Psychiatry and Psychology | Virus Diseases
Abstract
On March 11th, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) characterized COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, a global pandemic. As the number of COVID-19 cases increase exponentially in the U.S., there has been much effort on minimizing the spread of the disease via the implementation of social distancing practices, which can be stressful for everyone including individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression.
Keywords
COVID-19, Pandemic, Serious mental illness, Social distancing
DOI of Published Version
10.1016/j.schres.2020.05.054
Source
Hamada K, Fan X. The impact of COVID-19 on individuals living with serious mental illness [published online ahead of print, 2020 May 27]. Schizophr Res. 2020;S0920-9964(20)30334-0. doi:10.1016/j.schres.2020.05.054. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Schizophrenia research
Related Resources
PubMed ID
32473931
Repository Citation
Hamada K, Fan X. (2020). The impact of COVID-19 on individuals living with serious mental illness. COVID-19 Publications by UMMS Authors. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2020.05.054. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/covid19/45