Depression and anxiety disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic: knowns and unknowns

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7JX, UK; Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: maxime.taquet@psych.ox.ac.uk.
² Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
³ Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7JX, UK; Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.

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Maxime Taquet et al. Lancet. 2021.

. 2021 Nov 6;398(10312):1665-1666.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02221-2. Epub 2021 Oct 8.

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7JX, UK; Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: maxime.taquet@psych.ox.ac.uk.
² Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
³ Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7JX, UK; Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.

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Global prevalence and burden of depressive and anxiety disorders in 204 countries and territories in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 Mental Disorders Collaborators. COVID-19 Mental Disorders Collaborators. Lancet. 2021 Nov 6;398(10312):1700-1712. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02143-7. Epub 2021 Oct 8. Lancet. 2021. PMID: 34634250 Free PMC article.

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