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cord-320344-z3l7dvyd	Hotopf, Matthew	The scope of mental health research during the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath	2020-06-04		.txt	text/plain	2008	93	44	We have already seen evidence of the pandemic having particularly adverse outcomes for people from Black and minority ethnic groupsthese differential effects on mental and physical health need to be better understood. It is unknown whether or how these changes in our lives will affect mental health, and therefore research to monitor self-harm and suicide and the prevalence of mental and substance use disorders in the general population and populations at particular risk is vital. 5 In understanding long-term outcomes for people with severe COVID-19 illness, it will be necessary to resolve whether any effect on mental health arises from the possible neurotropic action of the virus, a more general impact of the 'cytokine storm' that accompanies severe systemic infection, or the alarming experience of being mortally ill, as related to post-traumatic stress reactions. If research is to address the diverse challenges to mental health of the COVID-19 pandemic, several conditions need to be met. Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science	./cache/cord-320344-z3l7dvyd.txt	./txt/cord-320344-z3l7dvyd.txt