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Mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health & Wellbeing study
The British Journal of Psychiatry · 2020 · Vol. 218(6) · pp. 326–333
Rory C. O’Connor✉(University of Glasgow)Karen Wetherall(University of Glasgow)Seonaid Cleare(University of Glasgow)Heather McClelland(University of Glasgow)Ambrose J. Melson(University of Glasgow)Claire L. Niedzwiedz(University of Glasgow)Ronan E. O’Carroll(University of Stirling)Daryl B. O’Connor(University of Leeds)Steve Platt(University of Edinburgh)Elizabeth ScowcroftBilly Watson(Mind)Tiago C. Zortea(University of Glasgow)Eamonn Ferguson(University of Nottingham)Kathryn A. Robb(University of Glasgow)
Abstract
The mental health and well-being of the UK adult population appears to have been affected in the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. The increasing rates of suicidal thoughts across waves, especially among young adults, are concerning.
COVID-19 and Mental HealthLong-Term Effects of COVID-19Health disparities and outcomesMental healthLonelinessAnxietySuicidal ideationPsychiatryPopulationPsychologyDepression (economics)MedicinePandemic
MeSH terms
COVID-19SARS-CoV-2AdolescentCommunicable Disease ControlFemaleUnited KingdomHumansMental HealthYoung AdultPandemics
Funding
- University of Leeds
- University of Nottingham
- University of Glasgow
- University of Stirling
- Medical Research Council
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