Variation in symptoms of common mental disorders in the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A significant rise in mental health disorders was expected during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, referrals to mental health services dropped for several months before rising to pre-pandemic levels.

Aims

To identify trajectories of incidence and risk factors for common mental disorders among the general population during 14 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, to inform potential mental health service needs.

Method

A cohort of 33 703 adults in England in the University College London COVID-19 Social Study provided data from March 2020 to May 2021. Growth mixture modelling was used to identify trajectories based on the probability of participants reporting symptoms of depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9) or anxiety (Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7) in the

SUBMITTER: Saunders R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10897705 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature