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Cardiovascular Risks in Patients With Post–COVID-19 Condition

Czeisler MÉ, Ibrahim SA. Cardiovascular Risks in Patients With Post–COVID-19 Condition. JAMA Health Forum. 2023;4(3):e224664. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.4664

A Case for Permanent Adoption of Expanded Telehealth Services and Prescribing Flexibilities for Opioid Use Disorder: Insights From Pandemic-Prompted Emergency Authorities

Czeisler MÉ. A Case for Permanent Adoption of Expanded Telehealth Services and Prescribing Flexibilities for Opioid Use Disorder: Insights From Pandemic-Prompted Emergency Authorities. JAMA Psychiatry. Published online August 31, 2022. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.2032.

Direct and Indirect Mental Health Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic Parallel Prior Pandemics

Czeisler MÉ, Howard ME, Rajaratnam SMW. Direct and Indirect Mental Health Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic Parallel Prior Pandemics. American Journal of Public Health. 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306460.

Accommodating Vaccine Preferences Among Women of Childbearing Age

Czeisler MÉ, Rajaratnam SMW, Howard ME, Czeisler CA. Accommodating Vaccine Preferences Among Women of Childbearing Age. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2021.07.017.

Tempering optimism from repeated longitudinal mental health surveys

Czeisler MÉ, Wiley JF, Czeisler CA, Rajaratnam SMW, Howard ME. Tempering optimism from repeated longitudinal mental health surveys. Lancet Psychiatry. 2021;8(4):274-275. doi: https://dx.doi.org/0.1016/S2215-0366(21)00045-6.

Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges, Populations at Risk, Implications, and Opportunities

Czeisler MÉ, Howard ME, Rajaratnam SMW. Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges, Populations at Risk, Implications, and Opportunities. Am J Health Promot. 2021;35(2):301-311. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0890117120983982b. PMID: 33554624.

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Mental Health Among Parents of Children Aged <18 Years and Unpaid Caregivers of Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, December 2020 and February–⁠March 2021

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Katherine Courage, “America isn’t taking care of caregivers“, Vox (August 4, 2021).

Tanner Stening, “70% of parents and adult caregivers reported mental health problems during COVID pandemic, CDC study finds“, MassLive (June 18, 2021).

Christina Prignano, “A new study confirms what many parents already knew: The pandemic has taken a heavy toll on caregivers”, Boston Globe (June 18, 2021).

Rhitu Chatterjee, “Unpaid Caregivers Were Already Struggling. It's Only Gotten Worse During The Pandemic”, NPR (June 17, 2021).

Daniel Slotnik, “Parents and caregivers reported mental health issues more often than others during the pandemic, a C.D.C. study says.“, The New York Times (June 17, 2021).

Mental health, substance use, and suicidal ideation during a prolonged COVID-19-related lockdown in a region with low SARS-CoV-2 prevalence

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Margaret Paul, “Nearly one in 10 Victorians 'seriously considered suicide' during 2020 COVID lockdown, report finds“, ABC News (June 24, 2021).

Follow-up Survey of US Adult Reports of Mental Health, Substance Use, and Suicidal Ideation During the COVID-19 Pandemic, September 2020

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Tashrique Rahman, “Mental Health Awareness is Vital Year-Round”, Pharmacy Times (June 1, 2021).

Kathy Scott and Bridget Sarikas, “The Spread of Kindness vs. Rightness”, Medium (April 13, 2021).

Jacqueline Stenson, “How the pandemic has changed our bodies,” NBC News (March 13, 2021).

Adriana Belmonte, “2020 was not good for America's mental health, study confirms,” Yahoo! Finance (February 23, 2021).

Joe Gramigna, “Adverse mental health symptoms remain elevated among U.S. adults in pandemic's later phase,” Healio (February 23, 2021).

Brian Dunleavy, “33% of adults experience anxiety, depression related to pandemic, study finds,“ UPI (February 19, 2021).

Mary Van Beusekom, “Mental anguish in COVID-19 survivors, young US adults,” Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (February 19, 2021).

The COPE Initiative is grateful to have been awarded the 2021 Global Partners in Disaster Behavioral Health Award from BOLANTE Threat Assessment & Disaster Behavioral Health Training and Consultation

The award was established “to recognize an organization or professional who has made significant contributions to the field of disaster behavioral health at an international level.”

Demographic Characteristics, Experiences, and Beliefs Associated with Hand Hygiene During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Rosemary Lobley, “Demographic trends in hand hygiene“, Health Europa (March 15, 2021).

Andy Larsen, “Utah should learn from these places that have beat back huge coronavirus spikes“, The Salt Lake Tribune (November 7, 2020).

Christopher Cicchiello, “These people are less likely to wash their hands, according to the CDC”, TODAY (October 15, 2020).

Adrian Mojica, “CDC investigation finds men, young adults less likely to practice frequent hand hygiene”, FOX 17 Nashville (October 15, 2020).

Delay or Avoidance of Medical Care Because of COVID-19–Related Concerns

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Liz Szabo, “The Pandemic Caused the Biggest Decline in U.S. Life Expectancy since World War 2. Black and Hispanic Americans Have Suffered the Most”, Time Magazine (June 24, 2021).

Reed Abelson, “Outcry Forces UnitedHealthcare to Delay Plan to Deny Coverage for Some E.R. Visits”, The New York Times (June 10, 2021).

Haley Bartoletta, “Medical professionals ask patients not to delay medical care as pandemic enters its second year”, accessWDUN (May 17, 2021).

Jennifer Babcock and Margaret Murray, “Medicaid Eligibility is One Key to Maternal Health”, Morning Consultant (May 17, 2021).

Sean Slovenski, “Four Ways Tech Leaders Can Support Workforce Health In 2021”, Forbes (March 1, 2021).

Alice Oglethorpe, “Skipping a Routine Doctor’s Visit Could Cause You to Miss Something More Serious. Don’t Wait.” Women’s Health (March 3, 2021).

Alice Oglethorpe, “Skipping a Routine Doctor’s Visit Could Cause You to Miss Something More Serious. Don’t Wait.” Men’s Health (March 3, 2021).

Eric Pliner, “Lessons From Leading Through Loss”, Forbes (April 21, 2021).

Richard Migliori, “Restoring America's health is bigger than COVID”, The Hill (January 28, 2021).

Anish Agarwal and Jeffrey Millstein, “Don’t let COVID-19 fears keep you from seeking needed emergency care | Expert Opinion”, The Philadelphia Inquirer (January 27, 2021).

Kristin Tate, “How the coronavirus has totally transformed society in America”, The Hill (January 24, 2021).

Katia Hetter, “Don't delay key medical appointments in the pandemic -- advice from Dr. Wen”, CNN (January 18, 2021).

Michael Doyle, “Getting Cancer Care Back On Track With RWD”, Forbes (December 29, 2020).

Morris Panner, “#ReturntoCare Campaign Seeks To Reunite Patients With Their Doctors“, Forbes (December 29, 2020).

Sandee LaMotte, “Key 2020 health stories you may have missed because of Covid-19”, CNN (December 28, 2020).

Associated Press, “California Hospitals Delay Surgeries Amid Virus Surge“, U.S. News and World Repot (December 26, 2020).

Andy Slavitt, “COVID, COVID and COVID: Top 10 ways Joe Biden can lead on health care, and why he should” USA Today (November 16, 2020).

Julius Chen & Rebecca McGeorge, “Spillover Effects Of The COVID-19 Pandemic Could Drive Long-Term Health Consequences For Non-COVID-19 Patients” Health Affairs (October 23, 2020).

Mohammed Ali & Carol Mangione, “Recognizing Frailties In How We Measure Health and Health Care—And Charting A Pandemic-Resistant Path Forward” Health Affairs (October 9, 2020).

Andrew Kung, “The Toll of the COVID-19 Pandemic Threatens to Extend Its Reach to Childhood Cancer” U.S. News and World Report (September 30, 2020).

Richard Franki, “Disparities Seen in COVID-19–Related Avoidance of Care” MedScape (September 14, 2020).

Adam Barnes, “CDC Study Finds 41% of Americans Avoided Medical Care Due to COVID-19 Concerns” The Daily Caller (September 11, 2020).

“Widespread Avoidance of Medical Care Found Due to COVID-19 Concerns” Physician’s Weekly (September 11, 2020).

Richard Franki, “Disparities seen in COVID-19–related avoidance of care” MDedge News (September 11, 2020).

Alex Berezow, “The Latest News On COVID: Viral Arrival, Years Of Life Lost, And Competition From Rhinovirus” American Council on Science and Health (September 11, 2020).

Mental Health, Substance Use, and Suicidal Ideation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Jan Hoffman, “Young Adults Report Rising Levels of Anxiety and Depression in Pandemic“ The New York Times (August 13, 2020).

Perri Klass, “Young Adults’ Pandemic Mental Health Risks“ The New York Times (August 24, 2020).

John Howard, “Labor Day 2020: Statement by John Howard, M.D., Director, NIOSH”, NIOSH Science Blog (September 4, 2020).

Nirmita Panchal, Rabah Kamal, Kendal Orgera, Cynthia Cox, Rachel Garfield, Liz Hamel, Cailey Muñana, and Priya Chidambaram.,“The Implications of COVID-19 for Mental Health and Substance Use” The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (August 21, 2020).

Glenn Greenwald, “The Social Fabric of the U.S. Is Fraying Severely, if Not Unravelling” The Intercept (August 28, 2020).

Rhitu Chatterjee, “Pandemic's Emotional Hammer Hits Hard” NPR (September 2, 2020).

Abraar Karan, Ranu Dhillon, David Walton & Ingrid Katz, “OPINION: To Solve The Pandemic, Biden Must Focus On Equity” NPR (November 13, 2020).

Maria Pasquini, “CDC Report Finds that 1 in 4 Young Adults Considered Suicide Due to Coronavirus Pandemic“ People Magazine (August 21, 2020).

Arianna Huffington, “Six Ways Companies Can Build Individual and Organizational Resilience“ Thrive Global (August 21, 2020).

Arianna Huffington, “Why Adding a Human Layer Is the Key to the ‘Great Reset’“ Thrive Global (August 20, 2020).

Bruce Bower, “‘Deaths of despair’ are rising. It’s time to define despair” Science News (November 2, 2020).

Eleanor Cummins, “Is this the end of American optimism?” Vox (October 29, 2020).

Anthony Silard, “Balancing Two Pandemics” Psychology Today (November 9, 2020).

Stephanie Stephens, “COVID-19 is highlighting disparities in mental health – and in the factors that fuel it” U.S. News & World Reports (November 12, 2020).

“Research findings spur US mental health action during pandemic” Monash University Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health (October 16, 2020).

Graison Dangor, “Depression Risk Quintupled In Coronavirus Pandemic For Some Groups, Study Suggests” Forbes (October 30, 2020).

Noma Nazish, “10 Apps To Protect And Boost Your Mental Health During The Pandemic” Forbes (October 28, 2020).

Sergei Revzin & Vadim Revzin, “The Job Crisis That’s Quietly Impacting Millions” Forbes (November 12, 2020).

Frank Fitzpatric, “7 Reasons Apple Music Should Hire A Head Of Health & Happiness” Forbes (November 11, 2020).

Jackie Rocheleau, “How Covid-19 Challenged Behavioral Health Services” Forbes (November 10, 2020).

RaVal Davis, “Bestselling Author Nicole Russell On Paper-Tearing For Therapy, And Healing Tools To Maintain Mental Health” Forbes (October 27, 2020).

Paula Span, “You’re Not Too Old to Talk to Someone” The New York Times (October 30, 2020).

Melinda Fakuade, “How the pandemic got people smoking again” Vox. (November 12, 2020).

Tomás Mier, “Why BENEE and Her 'Super Eclectic' and 'Honest' Album Accurately Reflect Generation Z” People Magazine (November 13, 2020).

Hilary Brueck & Aylin Woodward, “6 things to say when someone asks: 'Why can't we just go for herd immunity to end the coronavirus pandemic?'“ Business Insider (November 12, 2020).

Stephanie Weaver, “Study: COVID-19 diagnosis doubles risk of new mental illness” Fox 5 New York (November 10, 2020).

Nina Vasan & Marisa Leon-Carlyle, “How to Prepare for the Coming Mental Health Pandemic” POLITICO (October 26, 2020)/

Sherry S, “Supporting a Loved One’s Mental Health During COVID-19” Thrive Global (November 8, 2020).

Ashley Mateo, “Here’s How COVID-19 May Impact Your Mental Health” Women’s Health (October 29, 2020).

Sherry S, “Supporting a Loved One’s Mental Health During COVID-19” Thrive Global (November 8, 2020).

Daniel Marchalik, “What Health Care Can Teach Other Industries About Preventing Burnout” Harvard Business Review (October 26, 2020).

Chia-Yi Hou, “Several different types of depression are set to collide this winter” The Hill (November 6, 2020).

Christie Thompson, “When Going to the Hospital Is Just as Bad as Jail” The Daily Beast (November 8, 2020).

Nina Vasan “It’s Time to Rethink our Approach to Mental Health” Thrive Global (August 25, 2020).

Tali Orad “A Guide to Heading Back to School During a Pandemic” Thrive Global (August 28, 2020).

Matt Stieb, “CDC Reports COVID-19 Is Eroding Americans’ Mental Health” New York Magazine (August 13, 2020).

Meghan Holohan, “About 1 in 4 young adults considered suicide because of pandemic, CDC reports” Today (August 20, 2020).

William Haseltine, “The Moral Trauma of COVID-19” Psychology Today (August 21, 2020).

Jacqueline Howard and Andrew Kane, “CDC study sheds new light on mental health crisis linked to coronavirus pandemic” CNN. (August 13, 2020).

Alexandra Hudson, “COVID-19 has devastated Americans' mental health. Here's a simple way all of us can help” USA Today. (August 22, 2020).

Elana Lyn Gross, “Anxiety-Related Google Searches Reached A Record High During Early Stages Of The Pandemic” Forbes (August 24, 2020).

Joan Stephenson, “CDC Report Reveals “Considerably Elevated” Mental Health Toll from COVID-19 Stresses” JAMA Health Forum. August 25, 2020. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2020.1078.

Lois Parshley, “Why researchers are worried about chronic stress and Covid-19” Vox. (September 3, 2020).

Tiffany Hsu, “In Hard Times, a Barrage of Ads Promises Peace of Mind” The New York Times (September 1, 2020).

Rhitu Chatterjee, “Pandemic's Emotional Hammer Hits Hard” NPR (September 2, 2020).

Karen Lynch, “This is why supporting mental health is critical during the pandemic” Fast Company (September 4, 2020).

Geoff Brumfiel and Tamara Keith, “President Trump's New COVID-19 Adviser Is Making Public Health Experts Nervous” NPR (September 4, 2020).

Stephen Chee, “7 Ways Family Caregivers Can Combat Compassion Fatigue” Forbes (August 23, 2020).

Gabrielle Andriamanjatoson, “25 % des jeunes adultes aux États-Unis déclarent avoir pensé au suicide à cause de la pandémie” Daily Geek Show (August 23, 2020)

Gwen Aviles “As college sports programs pivot, mental health becomes bigger priority” NBC News (August 31, 2020).

Mark Calarco “Narcan must become as commonplace as CPR” The Hill (August 31, 2020).

Andrea Bossi “Lady Gaga, Born This Way Foundation Launch 21 Days Of Kindness Campaign” Forbes (September 1, 2020).

Linda Searing, “During pandemic, growth of U.S. adults with mental health issues jumps to 53 percent”, The Washington Post (September 6, 2020).

Muri Assunção, “Suicide Prevention Week highlights link between COVID-19 and alarming increase of people who ‘seriously considered suicide’”, New York Daily News (September 6, 2020).

Irina Ivanova, “More young adults in the U.S. live with their parents than at any time since the Great Depression”, CBS News (September 7, 2020).

“Blue Plus Adds Online Program for Mental Health Support” BlueCross BlueShield Minnesota (August 21, 2020).

Srishti Tyagi and Tamara Kamis, “Addressing Mental Health of College Students During a Pandemic” The Cornell Daily Sun (September 7, 2020).

“Fuerte aumento de los casos de depresión por la pandemia de COVID-19” INFOBAE (September 9, 2020).

Thomas Catenacci, “Data Show Pandemic Contributing To Opioid Crisis, Local Health Experts Report ‘More Relapses’” The Daily Caller (September 8, 2020).

Camille Preston “We Must Flatten the Curve—But This Time It's Our Mental Health”, Psychology Today (September 8, 2020).

“On World Suicide Prevention Day, Young People at Greater Risk of Suicide” NBC4 (September 10, 2020).

Stephanie Weaver, “Clinical psychologist says mental health check-ins important amid ongoing COVID-19 pandemic” FOX 5 New York (September 11, 2020).

Yolanda Garcia-Espinoza, “‘Muchos están luchando en silencio’: Funcionarios del estados se unen para apoyar a víctimas de salud mental” 12News (September 10, 2020).

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Editorial Board, “Cowboys QB Dak Prescott is a hero off the field for tackling stigma around depression” Fort Worth Star-Telegram (September 11, 2020).

Alia Dastagir, “More young people are dying by suicide, and experts aren't sure why” USA Today (September 11, 2020).

Hilary Brueck & Shayanne Gal, “Suicide rates are climbing in young people from ages 10 to 24. Here's how to support the people you love.” Business Insider India (September 13, 2020).

Anya Kamenetz, “The Pandemic Has Researchers Worried About Teen Suicide” NPR (September 10, 2020).

Sandee LaMotte, “World Suicide Prevention Day: Here's how to help” CNN (September 10, 2020).

The Chopra Foundation, “The Chopra Foundation Announces "Love in Action," a Worldwide Campaign to Collectively Heal the World” PR Newswire (September 10, 2020).

Giuliano Balestreri, “Un’ex psichiatra di Facebook ha “addestrato una macchina” per 5 anni perché svolgesse il suo lavoro con terapie online” Business Insider Italia (September 13, 2020).

Miscellaneous

Charlotte Kent, “MMWR Weekly COVID-19 Briefing for the Week of August 10, 2020”, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (August 23, 2020).

DailyMotion video: “25 % des jeunes adultes aux États-Unis déclarent avoir pensé au suicide à cause de la pandémie” Daily Geek Show (August 23, 2020)

YouTube video: “Is the US Social Fabric Unraveling” System Update with Glenn Greenwald (August 28, 2020).

“Current Articles & Research Resources” Legislative Reference Library of Texas (August 27, 2020).

“Mental health, substance use, and suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic: United States, June 24-30, 2020” Canadian Centre for Suicide Prevention.

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Public Attitudes, Behaviors, and Beliefs about COVID-19 and its Mitigation

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Miriam Fauzia, “Fact check: Masks and vaccines are effective at combating COVID-19 spread“, USA Today (March 11, 2021).

Cass Sunstein, “Require People to Wear Masks When Nudges Fall Short“, BNN Bloomberg (August 20, 2020).

Marisa Gerber, “‘I’ve now dipped into the pie.’ Will COVID-19 change Americans’ views of the social safety net?”, Los Angeles Times (August 14, 2020).

Karina Zaiets and Ramon Padilla, “Younger people are driving new cases of COVID-19, putting the elderly at risk”, USA Today (July 7, 2020).

Janice Hopkins Tanne, “Covid-19: Cases still rising in at least 23 US states as health officials warn against gatherings”, BMJ 2020; 369 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2403.

Carrie Arnold, “How scientists know COVID-19 is way deadlier than the flu”, National Geographic (July 2, 2020).

Lena Sun and Chelsea Janes, “CDC urges organizers of large gatherings to ‘strongly encourage’ use of face masks”, The Washington Post (June 12, 2020).

Karina Zaiets and Ramon Padilla, “Younger people are driving new cases of COVID-19, putting the elderly at risk”, USA Today (July 7, 2020).

Berkeley Lovelace Jr, “CDC finds majority of Americans would not feel safe if coronavirus restrictions lifted nationwide”, CNBC (June 12, 2020).

Alex Tanzi, “More Than 20% of NYC Residents Know Someone Who Died of Covid-19”, Bloomberg News (June 12, 2020).

Cass Sunsetin, “Require People to Wear Masks When Nudges Fall Short”, Bloomberg News (August 20, 2020).

Shawn Burn, “The Masks We Wear (and Don’t Wear)”, Psychology Today (June 22, 2020).

Troy Brown, “CDC Emphasizes Pandemic Not Over, Need to Avoid Large Gatherings”, MedScape (June 12, 2020).

Will Stone, “Younger Adults Are Increasingly Testing Positive For The Coronavirus”, NPR. (June 19, 2020).

Miscellaneous

Paul Fulton, Robert Redfield, Jay Butler, “Transcript - CDC Media Telebriefing: Update on COVID-19”, The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Early public adherence with and support for stay-at-home COVID-19 mitigation strategies despite adverse life impact: a transnational cross-sectional survey study in the United States and Australia

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Marie Benz, “Widespread Public Support and Compliance for Stay-at-Home Policies“, MedicalResearch (April 27, 2020).