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Collected Item: “Indirect acute effects on physical and mental health”

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Indirect acute effects on physical and mental health

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This academic article is in the Lancet, a medical journal. I chose this because it is public, unlike some academic articles, and it is, as of right now, a pretty unique research article. Although it is done in the UK, it reviewed medical records, both physical and mental, from 2017 to 2020. The changes are a little surprising, as the largest reductions in health care at the start of the restrictions were diabetic emergencies, depression, and self-harm. This is something I have seen a lot in my research into the unintended consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mental illness is the last thing to be cared for in a pandemic, or even in other natural disasters. The consequences on human health from this pandemic are only just now coming to light. This journal entry covers in-depth research and I highly suggest it.

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#ArizonaStateUniversity, #HST494, #consequences, #healthcare, #statistics

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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landig/article/PIIS2589-7500(21)00017-0/fulltext

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Alisha Downs

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2021-04-11
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