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Coping with the Pandemics: What Works Best to Reduce Anxiety & Depression

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • start year

    2020

  • Funder

    AXA

  • Principal Investigator

    Dr. Joaquim Radua

  • Research Location

    Spain

  • Lead Research Institution

    Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)

  • 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

    Unspecified

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic and containment could increase anxiety and depressive symptoms in individuals. Although health experts recommend several behaviors to deal with such symptoms, such as limiting too frequent exposure to information about the pandemic, scientific evidence for their effectiveness is still lacking. To fill this gap, Dr Joaquim Radua, AXA Fellow of the Spanish Institute for Biomedical Investigations August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), focuses on the associations between coping behaviors and anxiety and depressive symptoms that arise. His findings will help produce recommendations designed to improve emotional well-being in situations exceptional events such as the 2020 global public health crisis.