Psychological Distress and Loneliness Reported by US Adults in 2018 and April 2020

2020/06/03 by Emma E. McGinty, Rachel Presskreischer, Hahrie Han +1 · 1,030 citations
Medicine · Psychology · Social Sciences · #2019-20 coronavirus outbreak #COVID-19 and Mental Health #Clinical psychology #Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) #Disease #Distress #Environmental health #Gerontology #Health disparities and outcomes #Infectious disease (medical specialty) #Loneliness #Medicine #Mental Health Treatment and Access #Mental health #National Health Interview Survey #Pandemic #Pathology #Psychiatry #Psychological distress

paper · pdf · doi:10.1001/jama.2020.9740

published in JAMA 324(1), 93 (American Medical Association)

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Abstract

This study used national survey data to compare the prevalence symptoms of psychological distress and loneliness among US adults during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in April 2020 vs those reported in the National Health Interview Survey in 2018.

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