Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in the general population: A systematic review

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Jeong

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,

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et al. 2024

Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

“…Contrary to a recent review reporting a high prevalence of negative psychiatric symptoms during the pandemic [38] and several studies showing COVID-19 to have a considerable negative impact on emotional status which prompted an exacerbation of bruxism and TMD symptoms [39] no significant change was found in our TMD patients before and during COVID-19. The current investigation found a difference in psychological characteristics associated with moderate to severe pain before (depression and somatization) and during (paranoid ideation, psychoticism, and somatization) the pandemic.…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 99%

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical and psychological aspects of temporomandibular disorders

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Jeong

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,

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et al. 2024

Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

“…Concerning age, our data diverge from those of Xiong et al ( 4 ). Our results indicate that older age (> 40 years) is a risk factor for higher levels of pandemic-related stress, while Xiong et al ( 4 ) reported younger age (< 40 years) to be a risk factor for enhanced stress levels during the pandemic.…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 99%

“…Concerning age, our data diverge from those of Xiong et al ( 4 ). Our results indicate that older age (> 40 years) is a risk factor for higher levels of pandemic-related stress, while Xiong et al ( 4 ) reported younger age (< 40 years) to be a risk factor for enhanced stress levels during the pandemic. The effect of age on stress experience during the pandemic may also depend at least in part on the societal and cultural background of investigated samples.…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 99%

Mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: Stress and strain profiles in the German population

Nin

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Willmund²,

Jungmann

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et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

“…In contrast to our hypotheses, student status was not related to the initial anxiety and depressive symptoms or changes during the pandemic after controlling for associations with younger age and female gender. This also contrasts prior findings, which demonstrated increased mental strain in college and university students compared to the general population ( 2 , 13 , 61 , 74 ). In addition, prior studies focusing on individuals with children suggested an increased risk for deteriorated mental health during the pandemic compared to pre-pandemic years, which was not evident in the present study.…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 99%

Mental health across two years of the COVID-19 pandemic: a 5-wave longitudinal study in Germany

Weber

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Burchert

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Sijbrandij

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et al. 2023

Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.