{"id":3220,"date":"2021-01-13T13:34:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T21:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=3220"},"modified":"2021-01-14T13:35:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T21:35:02","slug":"rates-and-predictors-of-uptake-of-formal-and-informal-mental-health-support-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-an-analysis-of-26740-adults-in-the-uk-in-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2021\/01\/13\/rates-and-predictors-of-uptake-of-formal-and-informal-mental-health-support-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-an-analysis-of-26740-adults-in-the-uk-in-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Rates and Predictors of Uptake of Formal and Informal Mental Health Support during the COVID-19 Pandemic an Analysis of 26740 Adults in the UK in Lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>[Pre-print, not peer-reviewed]<\/i> An analysis of data from participants in the UK (n=26,740) found that about 45% of people reported talking to friends or family members to support their mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, 43% engaged in self-care activities, 20% took medication, 9% spoke to mental health professionals, 8% talked to a general practitioner or other health professional, and another 8% used helpline or online services. Gender, education, living status, loneliness, pre-existing mental health conditions, general depression and anxiety, coping, and personality were all associated with the use of mental health support.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Bu et al. (Jan 13, 2021). Rates and Predictors of Uptake of Formal and Informal Mental Health Support during the COVID-19 Pandemic an Analysis of 26740 Adults in the UK in Lockdown. Pre-print downloaded Jan 13 from <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/medrxiv.org\/cgi\/content\/short\/2021.01.11.21249509\">https:\/\/medrxiv.org\/cgi\/content\/short\/2021.01.11.21249509<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] An analysis of data from participants in the UK (n=26,740) found that about 45% of people reported talking to friends or family members to support their mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, 43% engaged in self-care activities, 20% took medication, 9% spoke to mental health professionals, 8% talked to a general practitioner&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2021\/01\/13\/rates-and-predictors-of-uptake-of-formal-and-informal-mental-health-support-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-an-analysis-of-26740-adults-in-the-uk-in-lockdown\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[44],"topic":[18],"class_list":["post-3220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-summary","tag-mental-health-personal-impact","topic-mental-health-and-personal-impact"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3221,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3220\/revisions\/3221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3220"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=3220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}