Worry and insomnia as risk factors for depression during initial stages of COVID-19 pandemic in India

Sahil Bajaj; Karina S. Blair; Amanda Schwartz; Matthew Dobbertin; R. James R. Blair

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0243527

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Worry and insomnia as risk factors for depression during initial stages of COVID-19 pandemic in India

Sahil Bajaj ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: sahil.bajaj@boystown.org

Affiliations Multimodal Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory (MCNL), Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, United States of America, Program for Trauma and Anxiety (PTAC), Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0629-6036

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Karina S. Blair,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Multimodal Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory (MCNL), Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, United States of America, Program for Trauma and Anxiety (PTAC), Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, United States of America
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Amanda Schwartz,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Multimodal Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory (MCNL), Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, United States of America, Program for Trauma and Anxiety (PTAC), Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, United States of America
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Matthew Dobbertin,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Multimodal Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory (MCNL), Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, United States of America, Program for Trauma and Anxiety (PTAC), Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, United States of America
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R. James R. Blair

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Multimodal Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory (MCNL), Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, United States of America, Program for Trauma and Anxiety (PTAC), Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, United States of America
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Worry and insomnia as risk factors for depression during initial stages of COVID-19 pandemic in India

Sahil Bajaj,
Karina S. Blair,
Amanda Schwartz,
Matthew Dobbertin,
R. James R. Blair

Published: December 10, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243527

About the Authors

Sahil Bajaj

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: sahil.bajaj@boystown.org

Affiliations Multimodal Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory (MCNL), Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, United States of America, Program for Trauma and Anxiety (PTAC), Center for Neurobehavioral Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0629-6036

Karina S. Blair

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Amanda Schwartz

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Matthew Dobbertin

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

R. James R. Blair

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Competing Interests

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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