COVID-Minds: Mental Health during Covid-19

Grant number: 221400/Z/20/Z

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19
  • Start & end year

    2020
    2022
  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $539,492.06
  • Funder

    Wellcome Trust
  • Principal Investigator

    Dr. Daisy Fancourt
  • Research Location

    United Kingdom
  • Lead Research Institution

    University College London
  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A
  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Indirect health impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

This proposal is for the establishment of an international mental health research network for Covid-19 and the running of a UK mixed-methods mental health study. The proposed network will have three core aims: To support the establishment of high-quality longitudinal studies in countries internationally exploring the effects of Covid-19 on mental health To enable international collaboration in longitudinal data analysis to understand cross-cultural differences in the mental health effects of Covid-19 To catalogue and disseminate other quantitative and qualitative mental health research on Covid-19 We will also lead a large-scale UK concurrent mixed methods study comprising a longitudinal study and a qualitative interview study to provide high quality, rigorous scientific data on the mental health impact of Covid-19 in the UK. This study is already underway and has 5 core aims: To understand the psychological and social impact of Covid-19 To map how the psychosocial impact evolves over time as social isolation measures get stricter and once measures are relaxed To ascertain which groups are at greatest risk of adverse effects on their mental health To explore the interaction between psychosocial impact and adherence to healthy and protective behaviours To identify activities during isolation that could buffer against adverse effects

Publicationslinked via Europe PMC

Will things feel better in the morning? A time-of-day analysis of mental health and wellbeing from nearly 1 million observations.

Variation in symptoms of common mental disorders in the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal cohort study.

The experiences and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young carers: practice implications and planning for future health emergencies.

Happiness predicts compliance with preventive health behaviours during Covid-19 lockdowns.

Depressive and anxiety symptoms in adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in England: A panel data analysis over 2 years.