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27-03-2023 | Suicide | Editorial

Insight into the long-term psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic

Authors: Kristina Adorjan, Hans Christian Stubbe

Published in: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience | Issue 2/2023

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused over 668 million confirmed infections and over 6 million deaths from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) worldwide (as of January 23, 2023) [1]. A pandemic of such magnitude poses considerable challenges to health care systems. It stretches hospitals to their limits in their capacity to care for patients [2] and places health care workers as well as vulnerable populations at severe risk. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic resulted not only in acute illnesses, but also in long-term consequences. While there is an extensive increase in literature on the COVID-19 pandemic in general, the long-term consequences and their underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Thus, several new findings and aspects are highlighted in this issue of the European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. …

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Title: Insight into the long-term psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Kristina Adorjan
Hans Christian Stubbe
Publication date: 27-03-2023
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Suicide
Suicide
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Post-COVID Syndrome
Published in: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience / Issue 2/2023
Print ISSN: 0940-1334
Electronic ISSN: 1433-8491
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-023-01599-6

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