The Science of Complex Systems Is Needed to Ameliorate the Impacts of COVID-19 on Mental Health

Jo An Atkinson; Yun Ju Christine Song; Kathleen R. Merikangas; Adam Skinner; Ante Prodan; Frank Iorfino; Louise Freebairn; Danya Rose; Nicholas Ho; Jacob Crouse; Vadim Zipunnikov; Ian B. Hickie

doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2020.606035

The Science of Complex Systems Is Needed to Ameliorate the Impacts of COVID-19 on Mental Health

Jo An Atkinson, Yun Ju Christine Song, Kathleen R. Merikangas, Adam Skinner, Ante Prodan, Frank Iorfino, Louise Freebairn, Danya Rose, Nicholas Ho, Jacob Crouse, Vadim Zipunnikov, Ian B. Hickie

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Original language	English (US)
Article number	606035
Journal	Frontiers in Psychiatry
Volume	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.606035
State	Published - Nov 25 2020

Keywords

COVID-19
mental health
recession
simulation
suicide prevention
systems modeling

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Psychiatry and Mental health

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