Pandemic Impacts Community Mobility, Boosts Depression Symptoms

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About The Study: Depressive symptoms were greater in locales and times with diminished community mobility in this survey study with 192,000 respondents. Strategies to understand the potential public health consequences of pandemic responses are needed.

Authors: Roy H. Perlis, M.D., M.Sc., of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.34945)

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