Research Snapshot: The Coronavirus Anxiety Scale, a five-item mental health screener

Research Snapshot: The Coronavirus Anxiety Scale, a five-item mental health screener

User profile image Angela - EENet Yoda Master

in Research, tools, and information resources | Jul 7, 2020 @ 7:46 am

The Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) is a brief mental health screener that can be used by health professionals and researchers, to reliably identify dysfunctional anxiety associated with COVID-19 and symptom severity. 

What is this research about? 

Many new public health measures have been implemented to contain the spread of COVID-19 and the increasing death toll from the pandemic. These measures are disrupting and rapidly changing behaviour and daily life across the globe.

Research on psychological well-being from previous infectious disease outbreaks shows clear links between pandemic-related anxiety and elevated symptoms of fear, stress, contamination concerns, health anxiety, post-traumatic stress and suicidality. The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a brief mental health screener to respond to mental health needs resulting from COVID-19.

Check out the full research snapshot here: https://www.eenet.ca/resource/...ntal-health-screener

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User profile image Bill - EENet Yoda Master

Fyi, the Facebook link doesn't work well just gives a hyperlink to eenetconnect.  Maybe just me but.... Can someone  check it out?

Jul 12, 2020 @ 11:08 pm
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User profile image Emma Firsten-Kaufman - EENet Super Ninja

Hi [@mention:308945795800730512] - when you click on any of the share buttons above they should prompt you to login to which platform you've selected, if you aren't logged in already. When I test it, the Facebook link takes me to a Facebook login page. If you continue having problems sharing content, please don't hesitate to contact us at eenetconnect@camh.ca 

Jul 13, 2020 @ 3:32 am
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User profile image Bill - EENet Yoda Master
login seemed fine as I was able to post, problem was the content in the
eenet topic did not post. again maybe my foolishness. Does it post the
actual content for you?
cheers, bill
Jul 13, 2020 @ 3:39 am
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User profile image Emma Firsten-Kaufman - EENet Super Ninja

Clicking any of the share buttons should automatically post the precise topic or event post from which you've accessed the share button on EENet Connect. 

Jul 13, 2020 @ 5:01 am
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User profile image Bill - EENet Yoda Master

seems to be working now, thanks - was the problem your end or mine?  just curious, certainly not blaming.

 

Jul 15, 2020 @ 11:44 pm
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User profile image Bill - EENet Yoda Master

Just for a little caution in our deployment of these kinds of screens, which I do think is a useful tool as for sure some people are experiencing the added wieght of covid in their lives, useful article

Is COVID-19 Making Everybody Crazy? by   is here.

The coronavirus pandemic has provided a golden opportunity for some psychotherapists, Big Pharma-funded entities, and others, who have sounded an alarm, claiming that massive numbers of people are “mentally ill” because of fears of the virus and reactions to social distancing.

Media producers have promoted these warnings during May, which was deemed Mental Health Awareness Month. A recent Washington Post article headlined “A third of Americans now show signs of clinical anxiety or depression, Census Bureau finds amid coronavirus pandemic” made that claim. And in a recent New York Times article, psychologist Andrew Solomon, reporting data that nearly half of respondents said the pandemic harmed their “mental health,” shockingly equated this with mental illness becoming “universal reality.” .....

see the rest of the article here: 

https://www.madinamerica.com/2...ttMX1tuwd5BAPBVInsl4

It would be great to keep monitoring and seeing what the research group ... evaluates.  Angela will you be doing that?

 

Jul 15, 2020 @ 11:53 pm
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User profile image Angela - EENet Yoda Master

Thanks for sharing [@mention:308945795800730512]. We are constantly scanning for peer-reviewed articles and other resources on COVID-19, the continuum of mental health and mental wellness, and substance use, and will share here. 

Jul 16, 2020 @ 1:26 am
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User profile image Emma Firsten-Kaufman - EENet Super Ninja
[@mention:308945795800730512] posted:

seems to be working now, thanks - was the problem your end or mine?  just curious, certainly not blaming.

 

There was no problem on our end!

Jul 20, 2020 @ 5:00 am
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