Lee YH, Liu Z, Fatori D, Bauermeister JR, Luh RA, Clark CR, Bauermeister S, Brunoni AR, Smoller JW
JAMA Psychiatry 79, 898-906 (2022)
In this large and diverse sample, increased levels of discrimination were associated with higher odds of experiencing moderate to severe depressive symptoms. The study examined discrimination and mental health in the context of COVID-19's disparate impacts on different communities.
Choi KW, Lee YH, Liu Z, Fatori D, Bauermeister JR, Bauermeister S, Brunoni AR, Smoller JW
Nature Mental Health 1, 428-435 (2023)
Using data from a large US population survey, Choi et al. investigated the nuanced associations between perceived social support and the risk for depression during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study analyzed longitudinal data from 69,066 participants in the All of Us Research Program.
Fatori D, Suen P, Bacchi P, Cortes RX, Vieira LS, Brunoni AR, Benseñor IM, Lotufo PA
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 57, 2445-2455 (2022)
This study aimed to identify groups of trajectories of common mental disorders' (CMD) symptoms assessed before (2017–19) and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2021), and to investigate predictors of trajectories using data from 2,705 participants of the ELSA-Brasil COVID-19 Mental Health Cohort.