New Scientific Brief on Mental Health and COVID-19

Today, the World Health Organization released a Scientific Brief that was developed by a team of researchers from the VU, led by Prof. Marit Sijbrandij in collaboration with Dr. Anke Witteveen, Dr. Susanne Young, Prof. Pim Cuijpers, and researchers from Verona, Italy (Dr. Marianna Purgato, Prof. Corrado Barbui, Dr. Federico Bertolini), France (Dr. Maria Melchior, Dr. Judith van der Waerden and Dr. Naomi Downes) and Madrid, Spain (Dr. Maria Cabello, Prof. Jose Luis Ayuso). The WHO document provides findings from a comprehensive umbrella review of all scientific knowledge in the field of the mental health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

To access the document, please click on the following link: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-2019-nCoV-Sci_Brief-Mental_health-2022.1.