Psychology meets biology in COVID-19: what we know and why It matters for public health
Psychology meets biology in COVID-19: what we know and why It matters for public health
Psychosocial factors are related to immune, viral, and vaccination outcomes. Yet, this knowledge has been poorly represented in public health initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic. This review provides an overview of biopsychosocial links relevant to COVID-19 outcomes by describing seminal evidence about these associations known pre-pandemic as well as contemporary research conducted during the pandemic. This focuses on the negative impact of the pandemic on psychosocial health and how this in turn has likely consequences for critically relevant viral and vaccination outcomes. We end by looking forward, highlighting the potential of psychosocial interventions that could be leveraged to support all people in navigating a post-pandemic world and how a biopsychosocial approach to health could be incorporated into public health responses to future pandemics.
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Jones, Emily, Ayling, Kieran, Wiley, Cameron, Geraghty, Adam, Greer, Amy, Holt-Lunstad, Julianne, Prather, Aric, Schreier, Hannah, Cohen Silver, Roxane, Sneed, Rodlescia, Marsland, Anna, Pressman, Sarah and Vedhara, Kavita
(2022)
Psychology meets biology in COVID-19: what we know and why It matters for public health.
Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
(In Press)
Abstract
Psychosocial factors are related to immune, viral, and vaccination outcomes. Yet, this knowledge has been poorly represented in public health initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic. This review provides an overview of biopsychosocial links relevant to COVID-19 outcomes by describing seminal evidence about these associations known pre-pandemic as well as contemporary research conducted during the pandemic. This focuses on the negative impact of the pandemic on psychosocial health and how this in turn has likely consequences for critically relevant viral and vaccination outcomes. We end by looking forward, highlighting the potential of psychosocial interventions that could be leveraged to support all people in navigating a post-pandemic world and how a biopsychosocial approach to health could be incorporated into public health responses to future pandemics.
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Accepted/In Press date: 1 November 2022
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Emily Jones
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Kieran Ayling
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Cameron Wiley
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Amy Greer
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Julianne Holt-Lunstad
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Aric Prather
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Hannah Schreier
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Roxane Cohen Silver
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Rodlescia Sneed
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Anna Marsland
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Sarah Pressman
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Kavita Vedhara
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