Research Snapshot: The Coronavirus Anxiety Scale, a five-item mental health screener
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
Fyi, the Facebook link doesn't work well just gives a hyperlink to eenetconnect. Maybe just me but.... Can someone check it out?
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
eenet topic did not post. again maybe my foolishness. Does it post the
actual content for you?
cheers, bill
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.
seems to be working now, thanks - was the problem your end or mine? just curious, certainly not blaming.
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 Paula J. Caplan, PhD is here.
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?
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.
There was no problem on our end!