The COVID‐19 pandemic impact on wellbeing and mental health in people with psychotic and bipolar disorders
Abstract Introduction The COVID‐19 pandemic affects people globally, but it may affect people with psychotic and bipolar disorders disproportionally. Our aims were to investigate the pandemic impact on perceived wellbeing and mental health in this population, including which pandemic‐related factors...
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| author | Elizabeth Ann Barrett Carmen Simonsen Sofie Ragnhild Aminoff Wenche Ten Velden Hegelstad Trine Vik Lagerberg Ingrid Melle Erlend Mork Kristin Lie Romm |
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| description | Abstract Introduction The COVID‐19 pandemic affects people globally, but it may affect people with psychotic and bipolar disorders disproportionally. Our aims were to investigate the pandemic impact on perceived wellbeing and mental health in this population, including which pandemic‐related factors have had an impact. Methods People with psychotic and bipolar disorders (N = 520; female = 81%; psychotic disorders n = 75/bipolar disorder n = 445) completed an online survey about wellbeing and mental health in the early phase of the COVID‐19 pandemic (June 5–July 5, 2020). Results Many participants experienced deteriorated wellbeing and mental health after the pandemic outbreak, especially in life satisfaction, meaning in life, positive feelings, depression, anxiety, and self‐harm/suicidal ideation. Experienced recovery from mental health difficulties was significantly lower after compared to before the outbreak. Participants with psychotic disorders had significantly poorer wellbeing and mental health than participants with bipolar disorders, although they experienced significantly more worsening only of psychotic symptoms. Nearly half the participants reported coping with the situation; however, most factors potentially important to wellbeing and mental health changed adversely, including sufficiency and quality of treatment. More loneliness, low coping, insufficient mental health treatment during the COVID‐19 pandemic, pandemic worry, more insomnia symptoms, and increased alcohol use predicted poor wellbeing and poor mental health. Conclusions During a pandemic, it is particularly important that mental health services strive to offer the best possible treatment under the current conditions and target loneliness, coping strategies, pandemic worry, insomnia, and increased alcohol use to uphold wellbeing and reduce mental health difficulties. For some, teletherapy is an agreeable substitute for traditional therapy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bc0800b15a8f493fa76437b79de8f7452023-08-25T04:42:55ZengWileyBrain and Behavior2162-32792022-05-01125n/an/a10.1002/brb3.2559The COVID‐19 pandemic impact on wellbeing and mental health in people with psychotic and bipolar disordersElizabeth Ann Barrett0Carmen Simonsen1Sofie Ragnhild Aminoff2Wenche Ten Velden Hegelstad3Trine Vik Lagerberg4Ingrid Melle5Erlend Mork6Kristin Lie Romm7Early Intervention in Psychosis Advisory Unit for South East Norway (TIPS Sør‐Øst) Division of Mental Health and Addiction Oslo University Hospital Oslo NorwayEarly Intervention in Psychosis Advisory Unit for South East Norway (TIPS Sør‐Øst) Division of Mental Health and Addiction Oslo University Hospital Oslo NorwayEarly Intervention in Psychosis Advisory Unit for South East Norway (TIPS Sør‐Øst) Division of Mental Health and Addiction Oslo University Hospital Oslo NorwayTIPS Centre for Clinical Research in Psychosis Stavanger University Hospital Stavanger NorwayNorwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT) Division of Mental Health and Addiction Oslo University Hospital Oslo NorwayNorwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT) Institute of Clinical Medicine University of Oslo Oslo NorwayEarly Intervention in Psychosis Advisory Unit for South East Norway (TIPS Sør‐Øst) Division of Mental Health and Addiction Oslo University Hospital Oslo NorwayEarly Intervention in Psychosis Advisory Unit for South East Norway (TIPS Sør‐Øst) Division of Mental Health and Addiction Oslo University Hospital Oslo NorwayAbstract Introduction The COVID‐19 pandemic affects people globally, but it may affect people with psychotic and bipolar disorders disproportionally. Our aims were to investigate the pandemic impact on perceived wellbeing and mental health in this population, including which pandemic‐related factors have had an impact. Methods People with psychotic and bipolar disorders (N = 520; female = 81%; psychotic disorders n = 75/bipolar disorder n = 445) completed an online survey about wellbeing and mental health in the early phase of the COVID‐19 pandemic (June 5–July 5, 2020). Results Many participants experienced deteriorated wellbeing and mental health after the pandemic outbreak, especially in life satisfaction, meaning in life, positive feelings, depression, anxiety, and self‐harm/suicidal ideation. Experienced recovery from mental health difficulties was significantly lower after compared to before the outbreak. Participants with psychotic disorders had significantly poorer wellbeing and mental health than participants with bipolar disorders, although they experienced significantly more worsening only of psychotic symptoms. Nearly half the participants reported coping with the situation; however, most factors potentially important to wellbeing and mental health changed adversely, including sufficiency and quality of treatment. More loneliness, low coping, insufficient mental health treatment during the COVID‐19 pandemic, pandemic worry, more insomnia symptoms, and increased alcohol use predicted poor wellbeing and poor mental health. Conclusions During a pandemic, it is particularly important that mental health services strive to offer the best possible treatment under the current conditions and target loneliness, coping strategies, pandemic worry, insomnia, and increased alcohol use to uphold wellbeing and reduce mental health difficulties. For some, teletherapy is an agreeable substitute for traditional therapy.https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.2559bipolar disorderCOVID‐19mental healthpsychotic disordersschizophrenia |
| spellingShingle | Elizabeth Ann Barrett Carmen Simonsen Sofie Ragnhild Aminoff Wenche Ten Velden Hegelstad Trine Vik Lagerberg Ingrid Melle Erlend Mork Kristin Lie Romm The COVID‐19 pandemic impact on wellbeing and mental health in people with psychotic and bipolar disorders Brain and Behavior bipolar disorder COVID‐19 mental health psychotic disorders schizophrenia |
| title | The COVID‐19 pandemic impact on wellbeing and mental health in people with psychotic and bipolar disorders |
| title_full | The COVID‐19 pandemic impact on wellbeing and mental health in people with psychotic and bipolar disorders |
| title_fullStr | The COVID‐19 pandemic impact on wellbeing and mental health in people with psychotic and bipolar disorders |
| title_full_unstemmed | The COVID‐19 pandemic impact on wellbeing and mental health in people with psychotic and bipolar disorders |
| title_short | The COVID‐19 pandemic impact on wellbeing and mental health in people with psychotic and bipolar disorders |
| title_sort | covid 19 pandemic impact on wellbeing and mental health in people with psychotic and bipolar disorders |
| topic | bipolar disorder COVID‐19 mental health psychotic disorders schizophrenia |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.2559 |
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