Exploring the psychological impact of the 2022 SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant outbreak in China

Gen Psychiatr. 2023 Dec 6;36(6):e101088. doi: 10.1136/gpsych-2023-101088. eCollection 2023.

Gangbin Han¹, Guirong Cheng^{1

2}, Feifei Hu^{1

2}, Chunli Li¹, Dan Liu^{1

2}, Juan Zhou¹, Jing Liu¹, Linya Huang¹, Xiaochang Liu¹, Qianqian Nie¹, Dan Song¹, Deyang Zeng¹, Lang Xu^{1

2}, Jinquan Li^{1

2}, Yushan Chen^{1

2}, Zhen Wei^{1

2}, Qiong Wu^{1

2}, Xiaoming He^{1

2}, Qingming Wu^{3

4}, Wei Tan^{1

2}, Yufei Mei^{1

2}, Xingxing Chen^{1

2}, Yangming Ou^{1

2}, Jingjing Zhang¹, Yafu Yu¹, Mengliu Yang¹, Pengfei Lian¹, Fukai Zhou¹, Renjia Fan¹, Hong Wan¹, Chenlu Hu¹, Yidi Fu¹, Shiyue Li¹, Junyi Wang¹, Cheng Cai¹, Mengdie Pei¹, Yuyang Cui¹, Wanying Cai¹, Yiqing Li¹, Shiyao Pan¹, Chang Chen⁵, Yan He^{1

3}, Zhaoxia Wu^{1

6}, Liu Hu⁷, Liang Tao⁷, Hongyan Xiao⁷, Xinyan Xie^{1

8}, Yan Zeng^{1

2}

¹ Institute of Brain Science and Advanced Technology, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
² Department of Neurology, Geriatric Hospital Affiliated to Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
³ Department of Neurology, Tianyou Hospital Affiliated to Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
⁴ Institute of Infection, Immunology and Tumor Microenvironment, Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Occupational Hazard Identification and Control, Medical College, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
⁶ Department of Neurology, Wuchang Hospital affiliated to Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
⁷ Department of neurology, Asian Heart Hospital, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
⁸ School of Public Health, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.

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Keywords: COVID-19; anxiety; depression; mental health.