The COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis and opportunity for bipolar disorder

Bipolar Disord. 2020 Sep;22(6):641-643. doi: 10.1111/bdi.12949. Epub 2020 Jul 4.

Authors

Alberto Stefana¹, Eric A Youngstrom², Jun Chen³, Stephen Hinshaw⁴, Victoria Maxwell⁵, Erin Michalak⁶, Eduard Vieta⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
² Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
³ Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
⁴ Department of Psychology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
⁵ Crazy for Life Co., Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁷ Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at the Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

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MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
Bipolar Disorder* / epidemiology
Bipolar Disorder* / psychology
Bipolar Disorder* / therapy
COVID-19
Communicable Disease Control / methods
Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections* / prevention & control
Coronavirus Infections* / psychology
Delivery of Health Care* / organization & administration
Delivery of Health Care* / trends
Humans
Mental Health / trends
Mental Health Services* / organization & administration
Mental Health Services* / supply & distribution
Organizational Innovation
Pandemics* / prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral* / prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral* / psychology
SARS-CoV-2
Social Isolation / psychology*
Social Stigma