Psychoactive substance use, internet use and mental health changes during the COVID-19 lockdown in a French population: A study of gender effect.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

COVID-19 has enormous impacts on each individual. The goals of our study were (1) to assess the rate of internet and psychoactive substance use, clinical depression and anxiety in a French population during the lockdown (2) to study the role of clinical and socio-demographic variables (especially, gender).

Materials and methods

During lockdown, an online anonymous questionnaire was used to assess socio-demographic and health data, previous psychiatric history, anterior and current internet and psychoactive substance use, current anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation. The associations of socio-demographic, clinical variables with anxiety, depression, internet or psychoactive substance use were examined.

Results

The study included 263 participants (aged

SUBMITTER: Malandain L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9441492 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature