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February 5, 2026International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice0 citations

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health symptoms in new patients presenting to outpatient psychiatry

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LSLeslie M. SwansonUniversity of MichiganSBSarah BommaritoUniversity of MichiganKKKristina KileUniversity of Michigan

Key Points

  • To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health symptoms in new psychiatric outpatients.
  • Compared symptoms of new outpatient psychiatric patients post-pandemic to a pre-pandemic cohort.
  • Assessed levels of anxiety and insomnia symptoms.
  • Examined changes in substance use patterns.
  • New patients reported significantly higher levels of anxiety and insomnia compared to pre-pandemic patients.
  • Altered patterns of substance use were observed in the post-pandemic group.

Abstract

New psychiatric outpatients who presented after the pandemic reported greater anxiety and insomnia symptoms and different substance use patterns vs. a pre-pandemic cohort, underscoring the need for targeted interventions during public health crises.

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Swanson et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/698434dff1d9ada3c1fb3874https://doi.org/10.1080/13651501.2026.2620996
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