Well-being differences and changes in people with somatic and psychiatric disorders or multimorbidities: modelling COVID-19 as a global natural experiment of stress vulnerability

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Background Somatic and psychiatric illnesses and multimorbidities increase stress-vulnerability and decrease well-being. Objective We aimed to identify high-risk disorder profiles for lower well-being and well-being decline under stress, modelling COVID-19 as a natural experiment. Methods The global Collaborative Outcomes Study on Health and Functioning during Infection Times survey assessed the World Health Organization-Five Well-being Index…