Specialized mental healthcare use for common mental disorders and prescription of antidepressants before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among working-age refugees and Swedish-born individuals – a nationwide register-based study

Specialized mental healthcare use for common mental disorders and prescription of antidepressants before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among working-age refugees and Swedish-born individuals – a nationwide register-based study

Abstract Background It is known that refugees have an elevated risk of common mental disorders (CMDs, including depression, anxiety, and stress-related disorders). The effect of the coronavirus disease pandemic on healthcare use due to CMDs in refugees is yet unknown, especially in socioeconomically...

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Main Authors: Vera Atarodi, Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz, Daniel Morillo-Cuadrado, Roberto Mediavilla, Mireia Felez-Nobrega, Anna Monistrol-Mula, Pierre Smith, Vincent Lorant, Papoula Petri-Romão, Marit Sijbrandij, Anke B. Witteveen, Irene Pinucci, Matteo Monzio Compagnoni, Claudia Conflitti, Giulia Caggiu, Maria Melchior, Cécile Vuillermoz, Jakob Bergström, Katalin Gémes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-03-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Common mental disorders
COVID-19
Interrupted time-series
Population-based cohort
Mental health
Refugees
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22028-4
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