Understanding the impact of COVID 19 on individuals with pre-existing mental disorders: mental health burden and biological insights

[eng] The present thesis is structured into six chapters. Chapter 1 provides an introduction, summarizing the background and context of the study. It briefly reviews the existing evidence on mental disorders and COVID-19, the interplay between mental disorders and infections, and the impact of the C...

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Autor: Monistrol Mula, Anna
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/217309
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/217309
http://hdl.handle.net/10803/693274
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Pandèmia de COVID-19, 2020-
Salut mental
Malalties mentals
Sistema immunitari
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
Mental health
Mental illness
Immune system
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Sumario:[eng] The present thesis is structured into six chapters. Chapter 1 provides an introduction, summarizing the background and context of the study. It briefly reviews the existing evidence on mental disorders and COVID-19, the interplay between mental disorders and infections, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health. This chapter concludes with a summary of the gaps in the literature and the justification for the thesis. Chapter 2 outlines the specific hypotheses and objectives of the thesis. Chapter 3 comprises the five studies that form the core of the thesis. Each study addresses one of the main objectives. Chapter 4 offers a general discussion, presenting an overview and interpretation of the main findings from each study. This is followed by a discussion of the implications and potential interventions derived from the findings of this thesis. The chapter also addresses the strengths and limitations of the studies, and concludes with future perspectives, outlining how this research should be continued. Chapter 5 presents the conclusions of the thesis. Finally, Chapter 6 includes all the references cited throughout the thesis.