COVID19 and Mental Health publications 

Zhang X, Battisti M, Proto ECOVID-19 and mental health in China: the effects of personalityJ Epidemiol Community Health Published Online First: 09 December 2023. doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-221077 , Link

Quintana-Domeque, Climent and Proto, Eugenio. "On the Persistence of Mental Health Deterioration during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Sex and Ethnicity in the UK: Evidence from Understanding Society" The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, vol. , no. , 2022. https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2021-0394

Quintana-Domeque, C., Lee, I., Zhang, A., Proto, E., Battisti, M., & Ho, A. (2021). Anxiety and Depression among Medical Doctors in Catalonia, Italy, and the UK during the COVID-19 Pandemic, PLoS ONE   

• Independent: Research confirms impact of Covid-19 on doctors’ mental health (article from the Independent)

• Video illustration of the main results of the paper, link  

Proto, E., & Zhang, A. (2021). Covid-19 and Mental Health of Individuals with Different Personalities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PNAS, September 14, 2021 118 (37) e2109282118  , link to the full PDF

• Video Interview about this research Link 

• Podcast Interview about this research link 

• Office for Health Improvement and Disparities- COVID-19 mental health and wellbeing surveillance: report, Important Findings so Far 

• Economics Observatory: How has personality affected people’s mental health during the pandemic?, with Anwen Zhang, Link 

• Guardian: Extroverts likely to suffer higher mental health toll in Covid lockdown (Article from the Guardian) 

Proto, E. & Quintana-Domeque, C. (2021). COVID-19 and mental health deterioration by ethnicity and gender in the UK, PLoS ONE 16(1)

• UN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2021-22: featured in Chapter 2, Unsettled minds in uncertain times: Mental distress an obstacle to human development (page 79-80). Link

• Equality and Human Rights Monitor 2023. Link

• Economics Observatory: Is mental health among ethnic minorities worse affected by the pandemic?, with Climent Quintana-Domeque, Link

• Government publications: 

  • Office for Health Improvement and Disparities- COVID-19 mental health and wellbeing surveillance: report, Important Findings so Far 

  • Public Health England: COVID-19: mental health and wellbeing surveillance report, 8 September 2020; regularly updated, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-mental-health-and-wellbeing-surveillance-report

  • Parliamentary briefing: Mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on adults, 21 July 2021, https://post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pn-0648/

  • Covid-19 Public Enquiry: Expert Report for the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry: https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/11154221/INQ000257925.pdf 

•  Guardian:  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/06/british-bame-mens-mental-health-suffers-most-in-covid-crisis

• Academy of Medical Sciences: COVID-19: Preparing for the future; Looking ahead to winter 2021/22 and beyond, 15 July 2021, https://acmedsci.ac.uk/file-download/4747802

• World Bank Policy Research Working Paper : De Paz Nieves, Carmen; Gaddis, Isis; Muller, Miriam. 2021. Gender and COVID-19: What Have We Learnt, One Year Later?. Policy Research Working Paper; No. 9709. World Bank, Washington, DC. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/35829 

• Thrive LDN: Thrive LDN’s progress towards happier, healthier lives: Link

How to keep up wellbeing during the COVID-19 Pandemic? Advice from the World Wellbeing Panel (WWP)'. Adam Smith Business School Research Paper

How to keep up wellbeing during the pandemic, LSE Business Review