Mental Health: Covid-19 and mental health in quarantine

• Comparing the impact of high versus low lockdown severity on the mental health of young people in Australia during the covid-19 pandemic. Meyer D, Sumner PJ, Tan EJ, Neill E, ... Phillipou A, ..., Rossell SL. Psychiatry Research, 2023, 322:115121
• Psychological consequences of social isolation and quarantine. Jurblum M, Ng C, & Castle D. Australian Journal for General Practitioners, 2020, 49, 778-783.

• The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence. Brooks SK, Webster RK, Smith LE, et al. Lancet, 2020, 395(10227), 912-920

Covid-19

• Psychological consequences of social isolation and quarantine. Jurblum M, Ng C, & Castle D. Australian Journal for General Practitioners, 2020, 49, 778-783.
• The psychological burden of the covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdown measures: Experience from 4000 participants. Burhamah W, AlKhayyat A, Oroszlányová M, et al. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2020, 277, 977-985.
• The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence. Brooks SK, Webster RK, Smith LE, et al. Lancet, 2020, 395(10227), 912-920

Previous pandemics

• Inevitable isolation and the change of stress markers in hemodialysis patients during the 2015 MERS-CoV outbreak in Korea. Kim YG, Moon H, Kim SY, et al. Scientific Reports, 2019, 9(1), 5676. 
• Psychological impact of the 2015 MERS outbreak on hospital workers and quarantined hemodialysis patients. Lee SM, Kang WS, Cho AR, et al. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 2018, 87, 123-127. 
• Understanding, compliance and psychological impact of the SARS quarantine experience. Reynolds DL, Garay JR, Deamond SL, et al. Epidemiology & Infection, 2008, 136(7), 997-1007. 
• SARS control and psychological effects of quarantine, Toronto, Canada. Hawryluck L, Gold WL, Robinson S, et al. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004, 10(7), 1206-1212. 
• SARS control and psychological effects of quarantine, Toronto, Canada (author reply).  Hull HF. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005, 11(2), 354; author reply 354-355. 
• The psychosocial effects of being quarantined following exposure to SARS: a qualitative study of Toronto health care workers. Robertson E, Hershenfield K, Grace SL, et al. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry - Revue Canadienne de Psychiatrie, 2004, 49(6), 403-407. 

Elderly

• Physical exercise as therapy to fight against the mental and physical consequences of COVID-19 quarantine: Special focus in older people. Jimenez-Pavon D, Carbonell-Baeza A, & Lavie CJ. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, 2020, 24, 24.

Children

• COVID-19: overcoming the challenges faced by individuals with autism and their families. Eshraghi AA, Li C, Alessandri M, et al. The Lancet Psychiatry, 2020, 7(6), 481-483.
• Mental health considerations for children quarantined because of COVID-19. Liu JJ, Bao Y, Huang X, et al. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 2020, 27, 27. 
• Mitigate the effects of home confinement on children during the COVID-19 outbreak. Wang G, Zhang Y, Zhao J, et al. Lancet, 2020, 395(10228), 945-947. 

https://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov.au/InThisTogether includes a series of super short 30 second videos with simple tips on how to to look after your mental health during this pandemic. The following video combines them.

Phone-based data collection in a refugee community under COVID-19 lockdown. Chen A, Tossyeh F, Arnous M, et al. The Lancet Psychiatry, 2020, 7(6), e31

• The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence. Brooks SK, Webster RK, Smith LE, et al. Lancet, 2020, 395(10227), 912-920