Study Finds That Pandemic Caused Significant Increase in Mental Health Disorders
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, anxiety disorders and major depressive disorder were already huge contributors to the worldwide burden of disease, impacting millions of individuals across the globe. Now, a recent study has found that the coronavirus pandemic has caused a significant increase in major anxiety and depressive disorders globally. For this study, researchers identified more than 5,600 unique sources of data, almost 50 of which met the inclusion criteria. Most of the studies included were from North America and Western Europe, with a few from Central Europe, East Asia, the Asia-Pacific and Australasia also included in the analysis. The…
