Global prevalence and burden of depressive and anxiety disorders in 204 countries and territories in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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PandemicAnxietyMental healthMajor depressive disorderMedicinePsychiatryPopulationDepression (economics)Disease burdenGlobal healthCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Public healthEnvironmental healthDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)

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Year: 2021
Type: review
Volume: 398
Issue: 10312
Pages: 1700-1712
Citations: 4901
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                                    Damian Santomauro, 
                                
                                    Ana Maria Mantilla Herrera, 
                                
                                    Jamileh Shadid
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2021). 
                            Global prevalence and burden of depressive and anxiety disorders in 204 countries and territories in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 398
                            (10312)
                            , 1700-1712.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(21)02143-7
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(21)02143-7