Mitigating the psychological effects of social isolation during the covid-19 pandemic

BMJ. 2020 May 21:369:m1904. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m1904.

Authors

Mohammad S Razai¹, Pippa Oakeshott², Hadyn Kankam³, Sandro Galea⁴, Helen Stokes-Lampard⁵

Affiliations

¹ Population Health Research Institute, St George University of London, London, UK mrazai@sgul.ac.uk.
² Population Health Research Institute, St George University of London, London, UK.
³ St George's University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁴ Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁵ Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

PMID: 32439691
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.m1904

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Anxiety / diagnosis
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / psychology*
Depression / diagnosis
Humans
Loneliness
Mental Health*
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / psychology*
Primary Health Care / methods
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2
Social Isolation / psychology*
Telemedicine