JAACAP), published by Elsevier, reports that in a group of first-year university students COVID-19 mitigation protocols, including remote learning and stay-at-home orders had a modest, but persistent, impact on mood and wellness behaviors. Students enrolled in the university s wellness program, however, had improved mood levels and fewer attention problems. Like other college and university students, those in our study were displaced from their dorms and peer groups-required to leave campus immediately-and expected to continue their academic work as usual remotely, said lead author William Copeland, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Vermont s Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA.
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