Resilience, Stress, and Risk Factors during the COVID-19 Pandemic
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 11020
Special Issue Editors
Interests: resilience; protective factors; pandemic; SARS-CoV-2; mental distress; protective behavior
Interests: air pollution; particulate matter; cerebrovascular disorders; neurological disorders; mental disorders; stroke; dementia; oxidative stress; inflammation
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Dear Colleagues,
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted people's lives, with significant mental health consequences emerging. In addition to sociodemographic and COVID-19 specific factors, psychological risk and protective factors have shown to influence individual differences in mental burden and health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Due to the unique scale and nature of the pandemic, few is known regarding which particular populations are vulnerable to mental health problems. To minimize risks for vulnerable groups, they must be identified, and the risk factors for vulnerability must be explored. Moreover, stepped care approaches, starting from low-threshold self-help interventions, must be developed, tailored to vulnerable groups and evaluated in order to have them at hand in case of future large-scale disease outbreaks and other public health emergencies.
This special issue focuses on findings collected during the Covid-19 pandemic regarding at risk groups for poor mental health and strategies to protect and support their well-being. Special focus is put on perspectives of making the observations gained during the pandemic useful for future disease outbreaks or public health crises. In addition, this issue is open to papers discussing lessons learned from research under the conditions of an ongoing pandemic, in terms of how research systems could be prepared better to respond to future crises.
Topics on which we are expecting submissions (but not limited to):
- Research on psychological risk and protective mechanisms for vulnerable groups in the context of the pandemic.
- European comparison of the use of long-term healthcare and psychosocial services by individuals.
- European comparison of research on policies and interventions aimed at protecting health workers and other groups at high-risk for pandemic-related distress.
- Evaluation of stepped care interventions/interventions for vulnerable groups (for example, the elderly in inpatient settings, seasonal workers).
- Practical implications for stabilizing health systems, especially in light of upcoming crises (bounce forward).
- Research during the Covid-19 pandemic: Lessons learned.
Dr. Donya A. Gilan
Dr. Omar Hahad
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- resilience
- stress
- anxiety
- depression
- COVID-19
- pandemic
- mental health
- health care
- vulnerable groups
- bounce forward
- coping mechanisms stepped care
- self-help
- disease outbreak
- public health emergency
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