eprintid: 10150362 rev_number: 6 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/15/03/62 datestamp: 2022-06-17 07:12:13 lastmod: 2022-06-17 07:12:13 status_changed: 2022-06-17 07:12:13 type: article metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Lam, Joseph creators_name: John, Sujit creators_name: Roberts, Tessa creators_name: Kulandesu, Amaldoss creators_name: Samikannu, Karthick creators_name: Devanathan, Kruthika creators_name: Kumar, TriplicaneChakravarthy Ramesh creators_name: Padmavati, Ramachandran creators_name: Aynkaran, JothyRamadoss creators_name: Esponda, GeorginaMiguel creators_name: Morgan, Craig creators_name: Rangawsamy, Thara title: The Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 on People with and without Severe Mental Illness in Tamil Nadu, India ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: G25 divisions: D13 divisions: B02 keywords: Coronavirus disease 2019, psychosis, rural India note: This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. abstract: Background/Objectives: People living with severe mental illness may be more susceptible to infection and stress, leading to relapses or worsening of their mental health. The experiences of people with severe mental illness during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have seldom been captured. This study set to describe the experience of people with severe mental illness in Tamil Nadu, India, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Between July and December 2020, 158 age-, gender-, neighborhood-matched case − control pairs from the INTREPID II study completed a survey regarding their experience, worries, and behavioral changes during the pandemic. Their responses were collected by phone during six-monthly check-ins, or in-person at 24-month follow-up appointments. Only the first response for each participant is included in this report. Results: None of our participants reported knowingly having been infected with COVID-19 by the time of the survey. There is no evidence that people with psychoses were disproportionately affected by the pandemic. Unemployment and financial hardship were highly prevalent in both cases and controls. Job-related anxiety and stress were the largest source of worry, followed by worries regarding government decisions and access to mobile phones. Conclusions: The pandemic placed great strain on participants both with and without severe mental illness. The impact of unemployment and financial hardship as a result of COVID-19 requires urgent attention. date: 2022-04-27 date_type: published publisher: Medknow official_url: https://doi.org/10.4103/wsp.wsp_11_21 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1961731 doi: 10.4103/wsp.wsp_11_21 lyricists_name: Lam, Joseph lyricists_id: JLAMX69 actors_name: Lam, Joseph actors_id: JLAMX69 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: World Social Psychiatry volume: 4 number: 1 pagerange: 37-37 issn: 2667-1077 citation: Lam, Joseph; John, Sujit; Roberts, Tessa; Kulandesu, Amaldoss; Samikannu, Karthick; Devanathan, Kruthika; Kumar, TriplicaneChakravarthy Ramesh; ... Rangawsamy, Thara; + view all <#> Lam, Joseph; John, Sujit; Roberts, Tessa; Kulandesu, Amaldoss; Samikannu, Karthick; Devanathan, Kruthika; Kumar, TriplicaneChakravarthy Ramesh; Padmavati, Ramachandran; Aynkaran, JothyRamadoss; Esponda, GeorginaMiguel; Morgan, Craig; Rangawsamy, Thara; - view fewer <#> (2022) The Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 on People with and without Severe Mental Illness in Tamil Nadu, India. World Social Psychiatry , 4 (1) p. 37. 10.4103/wsp.wsp_11_21 <https://doi.org/10.4103/wsp.wsp_11_21>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10150362/1/WorldSocPsychiatry4137-694665_191746.pdf