The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health symptoms in new patients presenting to outpatient psychiatry
New psychiatric outpatients who presented after the pandemic reported greater anxiety and insomnia symptoms and different substance use patterns vs. a pre-pandemic cohort, underscoring the need for targeted interventions during public health crises.
Authors
- Vita V. McCabe
- Roen Montalva
- Paresh D. Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9145-4475)
- Katherine Harris Bullard
- Leslie M. Swanson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1720-1760)
- Ricks Warren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9478-6208)
- Sarah Bommarito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2120-7305)
- Gregory W. Dalack (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6599-0111)
- Kristina Kile
Institutions
- University of Michigan (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice
- Published
- 2026-02-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13651501.2026.2620996
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00