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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals with mental illness: A two-wave survey of 1180 patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

Y. Gil ,
M. Speed ,
O. Jefsen ,
P. Kølbæk  and
S. Østergaard
Y. Gil*
Affiliation:
Department Of Affective Disorders, Aarhus University Hospital - Psychiatry, Aarhus N, Denmark
M. Speed
Affiliation:
Department Of Affective Disorders, Aarhus University Hospital - Psychiatry, Aarhus N, Denmark
O. Jefsen
Affiliation:
Institut For Klinisk Medicin - Transitional Neuropsychiatry, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
P. Kølbæk
Affiliation:
Psychosis Research Unit, Aarhus University Hospital - Psychiatry, Aarhus N, Denmark
S. Østergaard
Affiliation:
Department Of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

The crisis caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the lives of billions of people across the world. Individuals with mental illness are suspected to be particularly affected by the societal consequences of the pandemic, but there is very limited data on this important aspect.

Objectives

The aim of this study is to gauge the longitudinal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the psychological well-being and symptom levels of individuals receiving treatment for mental disorder in psychiatric hospital services.

Methods

We are in the process of conducting a two-wave, questionnaire-based survey among patients with mental disorders receiving treatment in the psychiatric hospital services of the Central Denmark Region. The first wave was conducted in July 2020 and had 1180 respondents representing all major diagnostic categories. The main finding was that the majority of the respondents reported that their mental health had deteriorated during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are currently planning the second wave of the survey, which will be fielded in the fall of 2020. Here, we will reassess the mental health of the respondents from wave 1.

Results

Will be presented at the meeting.

Conclusions

Longitudinal studies of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic of mental health are lacking. We therefore expect that the findings of this study will be of significant interest to the field.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

pandemicSurveyMental illnessBenchmark
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S92
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