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Janelle R. Goodwill, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, University of Chicago

Black adults with long COVID report higher levels of hopelessness and suicidal thoughts − new research

Black Americans with long COVID reported more physical ailments than concern over mental illness. fizkes/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Black adults living with long COVID pointed to challenges with their physical health – rather than their mental health – when asked to describe their long-COVID symptoms. That is one key finding from our new study, published in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.

When we examined the data further, however, we found that those living with long COVID in the U.S. had significantly more anxiety, depression, hopelessness, psychosis and suicidal thoughts than those without long COVID.

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