Helpline data used to monitor population distress in a pandemic

Cindy H. Liu () and Alexander C. Tsai ()

Nature, 2021, vol. 600, issue 7887, 46-47

Abstract: The initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic saw an increase in calls to mental-health helplines in 19 countries. Helpline-call data can be used to monitor distress at a population level in near-real time.

Keywords: Psychiatric disorders; Public health; SARS-CoV-2; Depression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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