Loneliness Under Lockdown: Caring for Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19
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Aug 26, 2021
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Technology, mental health, social isolation
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2. Cheek J. The pandemic paradox: The crisis of loneliness: Healthy Debate; 2021. Available from: https://healthydebate.ca/2021/01/topic/the-pandemic-paradox-the-crisis-of-loneliness/.
3. Shah SGS, Nogueras D, van Woerden HC, Kiparoglou V. The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pandemic of Lockdown Loneliness and the Role of Digital Technology. J Med Internet Res. 2020;22(11):e22287.
4. Mental Health in Canada: Covid-19 and Beyond 2020. Available from: https://www.camh.ca/-/media/files/pdfs---public-policy-submissions/covid-and-mh-policy-paper-pdf.pdf.
5. Beaunoyer E, Dupéré S, Guitton MJ. COVID-19 and digital inequalities: Reciprocal impacts and mitigation strategies. Comput Human Behav. 2020;111:106424.
6. Cooley L. Fostering Human Connection in the Covid-19 Virtual Health Care Realm. NEJM Catal Innov Care Deliv. 2020:10.1056/CAT.20.0166.
7. Koeze E, Popper N. The Virus Changed the Way We Internet: The New York Times; 2020. Available from: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/07/technology/coronavirus-internet-use.html.
8. Pantic I. Online social networking and mental health. Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2014;17(10):652-7.
9. Gao J, Zheng P, Jia Y, Chen H, Mao Y, Chen S, et al. Mental health problems and social media exposure during COVID-19 outbreak. PLoS One. 2020;15(4):e0231924.
10. Yousif N. 4 million cries for help: Calls to Kids Help Phone soar amid pandemic: Toronto Star; 2020. Available from: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/12/13/4-million-cries-for-help-calls-to-kids-help-phone-soar-amid-pandemic.html.
11. Sunderland K, Mishkin W. Guidelines for the Practice and Training of Peer Support: Mental Health Commission of Canada; 2013. Available from: https://peersupportcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/MHCC_Peer_Support_Guidelines_2016-ENG.pdf.
12. Naslund JA, Aschbrenner KA, Marsch LA, Bartels SJ. The future of mental health care: peer-to-peer support and social media. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2016;25(2):113-22.
13. Mesa Vieira C, Franco OH, Gómez Restrepo C, Abel T. COVID-19: The forgotten priorities of the pandemic. Maturitas. 2020;136:38-41.
14. Steinman MA, Perry L, Perissinotto CM. Meeting the Care Needs of Older Adults Isolated at Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2020;180(6):819-20.
15. Return to school during COVID-19: Considerations for Ontario’s child and youth community mental health service providers 2020. Available from: https://cmho.org/wp-content/uploads/Return-to-school-during-COVID19-Evidence-summary-for-community-service-providers.pdf.
16. COVID-19: Guidance for School Reopening: SickKids; 2020. Available from: https://www.sickkids.ca/siteassets/news/news-archive/2020/covid19-recommendations-for-school-reopening-sickkids.pdf.