Erschienen in:
27.03.2023 | Editorial
Insight into the long-term psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic
verfasst von:
Kristina Adorjan, Hans Christian Stubbe
Erschienen in:
European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
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Ausgabe 2/2023
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Excerpt
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused over 668 million confirmed infections and over 6 million deaths from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) worldwide (as of January 23, 2023) [
1]. A pandemic of such magnitude poses considerable challenges to health care systems. It stretches hospitals to their limits in their capacity to care for patients [
2] and places health care workers as well as vulnerable populations at severe risk. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic resulted not only in acute illnesses, but also in long-term consequences. While there is an extensive increase in literature on the COVID-19 pandemic in general, the long-term consequences and their underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Thus, several new findings and aspects are highlighted in this issue of the European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. …
