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Topic: Mental Health and Personal Impact
August 3, 2020
Maternal Psychological Distress & Mental Health Service Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Among an online sample of 641 predominantly Canadian mothers of children age 0-8 years, clinically-significant depression was indicated by 33%, 43%, and 43% of mothers of children age 0-18 months, 18 months to 4 years, and 5 to 8 years, respectively. Anxiety was 36%, 33%, and 30% for mothers across age groups, respectively. These proportions appear elevated relative to population values from pre-pandemic periods. Cameron…
How Is COVID-19 Affecting the Mental Health of Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and Their Families?
Among 241 parents (92% mothers) of children with special educational needs and disabilities in the UK, many parents and children experienced loss, worry, and changes in mood and behavior as a result of the rapid social changes due to COVID-19. Suggestions from parents surveyed about the support that they would like in the COVID-19 pandemic included specialist professional advice for parents focused…
July 30, 2020
How Parents and Their Children Used Social Media and Technology at the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Associations with Anxiety
An online survey of US parents (n=260) found that parents and children (especially teenagers aged 13-18) had increased technology and social media use since the beginning of social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Controlling for demographic factors, parents and children with higher levels of anxiety (as reported by parents) were more likely to increase their technology and social media use and use of phones to connect. Among…
July 28, 2020
Sleep of Preschoolers during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak
Results of a Children’s Sleep Habit Questionnaire administered to 1,619 caregivers of preschoolers (4-6 years) in China during the COVID-19 pandemic, compared with a sociodemographically similar sample in 2018, found later bedtimes and wake times during the pandemic period, longer nocturnal and shorter nap sleep durations, comparable 24-hr sleep duration, and fewer caregiver-reported sleep disturbances. Liu et al….
July 27, 2020
Well-Being of Parents and Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Survey
A survey of a national sample of US parents with at least 1 child younger than 18 (n=1,011) found that 27% of parents reported worsening mental health for themselves, 14% reported worsening behavioral health for their children, and nearly 1 in 10 experienced both. A decrease in food security, employer-sponsored insurance, and regular childcare were also reported. Patrick et al. (July 24, 2020). Well-Being…
Google Searches for Suicide and Suicide Risk Factors in the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Halford et al. analyzed Google Trends data (March-April) representing searches in the US for terms related to suicide and known suicide risk factors and found that, while the proportion of suicide-related queries was lower than expected, queries representative of financial difficulty, help-seeking, and general mental health concerns were elevated, suggesting that the COVID-19 pandemic may have…
July 24, 2020
Students under Lockdown: Comparisons of Students’ Social Networks and Mental Health before and during the COVID-19 Crisis in Switzerland
An analysis of longitudinally collected social network parameters and mental health outcomes among two cohorts (n=212 and n=57) of Swiss undergraduate students before and during the COVID-19 pandemic found that social networks were sparser during the pandemic and students were more likely to study in isolation; however friendship and social support networks did not differ significantly between the two periods. Stronger social ties were more likely to be maintained but there…
July 22, 2020
Mental Health before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Probability Sample Survey of the UK Population
Pierce et al. conducted a web survey of 17,452 people already participating in a UK national longitudinal study and found that population prevalence of clinically significant levels of mental distress rose from 19% in 2018-19 to 27% in April 2020, one month into the UK lockdown. Increases in individual scores on the GHQ-12, a questionnaire used to…
Financial Strain and Suicide Attempts in a Nationally Representative Sample of US Adults
Using nationally a representative US sample (n=34,653) from 2001-2002 and 2004-2005, Elbogen et al. found that cumulative financial strain was predictive of suicide attempts (OR = 1.53, 95%CI: 1.32, 1.77) and highlight the relevance of their findings given the financial strain triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Elbogen et al. (July 22, 2020). Financial Strain and Suicide Attempts in…
July 17, 2020
Physical Activity Mental Health and Well-Being of Adults during Early COVID-19 Containment Strategies A Multi-Country Cross-Sectional Analysis
[pre-print, not peer-reviewed] An online survey of adults in the UK, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia within the first 2-6 weeks of government mandated COVID-19 restrictions found that patients who reported a negative change in exercise behavior demonstrated poorer mental health and well-being than those with no or improved exercise behavior. Women reported more positive changes in exercise behavior,…
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