The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with severe mental illness and on mental health service provision in South Asia (IMPASS)
- Funded by Department of Health and Social Care / National Institute for Health and Care Research (DHSC-NIHR), UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
- Total publications:5 publications
Grant number: MR/V033433/1
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Key facts
Disease
COVID-19Start & end year
20212023Known Financial Commitments (USD)
$214,548.58Funder
Department of Health and Social Care / National Institute for Health and Care Research (DHSC-NIHR), UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)Principal Investigator
N/A
Research Location
Pakistan, BangladeshLead Research Institution
Rawalpindi Medical University, ARK Foundation, University of York, Keele University, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of Dundee, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, National Institute of Mental HealthResearch 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
Other
Occupations of Interest
Unspecified
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected lives and challenged healthcare provision and people with severe mental illness such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are likely to be disproportionately affected. This project will look at the impact of the pandemic on people with severe mental illness and on mental health care provision in Bangladesh and Pakistan. The project will specifically look at how individuals with severe mental illness have received and responded to advice about preventing spread of COVID-19, their well-being, health risk behaviors, quality of life and access to healthcare as well as housing issues, food security, domestic violence, employment and income. Using this evidence, the researchers will then work to inform strategies to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on people with severe mental illness and healthcare services. "IMPASS creates a platform for generating evidence and influencing policy for providing better health care of people with severe mental illness and improving their wellbeing during the pandemic and beyond." Professor Rumana Huque, ARK Foundation, Bangladesh
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