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Characterising associations between mental distress, mobility, and COVID-19 restrictions: a U.S. study

2026-02-27 public and global health Title + abstract only
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Large-scale epidemics are consistently associated with increased psychological distress and substantial changes in human mobility, yet the relationship between mental health responses and effective population mobility remains overlooked. During the COVID-19 pandemic, non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) such as lockdowns and travel restrictions altered daily movement patterns while simultaneously affecting psychological well-being. Importantly, formal policy stringency alone does not fully ca...

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