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. 2025 Jan 1;213(1):28-33.
doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001815. Epub 2024 Dec 19.

Well-Being and Mental Health: Where Do We Stand After COVID-19 Pandemic?

Gabriele Nibbio  1 , Irene Calzavara-Pinton, Stefano Barlati, Nicola Necchini  1 , Lorenzo Bertoni  1 , Jacopo Lisoni  2 , Valentina Stanga  2 , Giacomo Deste, Cesare Turrina, Antonio Vita
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Well-Being and Mental Health: Where Do We Stand After COVID-19 Pandemic?

Gabriele Nibbio et al. J Nerv Ment Dis. .

Abstract

Mental health encompasses the ability to cope with important stresses of life and to realize one's abilities in the community, and the COVID-19 pandemic represented a very stressful event for people with mental illnesses. Our aim was to assess mental well-being in people living with different mental disorders, comparing results obtained in 2016 with those observed after the COVID-19 pandemic. Ninety-six participants were assessed using the Mental Health Continuum Short Form and classified as "flourishing," "moderately mentally healthy," and "languishing." Overall, a significant increase in the prevalence of "flourishing" and "moderately mentally healthy" subjects and a reduction of "languishing" subjects ( p = 0.003) were observed. However, a significant improvement in well-being ( p = 0.005) was observed only in the schizophrenia spectrum disorder group. Moreover, only subjects that never contracted SARS-CoV-2 showed a significant ( p = 0.019) increase in positive well-being states. Lockdowns may have led caregivers to spend more time with the participants, also increasing treatment adherence, resulting in an improvement of overall well-being in several participants.

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