{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["281"],"submitter":["Silverio-Murillo A"],"funding":["Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Rationale</h4>Stress process theory considers that actual and perceived isolation, caused by mobility restrictions from attempted containment of the COVID-19 pandemic, deteriorates mental health.<h4>Objective</h4>We examine the relationship between the COVID-19 lockdowns and mental health-related Google searches in 11 Latin American countries. We include the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. We also explore how changes in search patterns relate to income support policies and to COVID-19 death rates.<h4>Method</h4>Using Google Trends data and an event-study design, as well as a difference-in-differences analysis, we investigate the association between country specific stay-at-home orders and inter"],"journal":["Social science & medicine (1982)"],"pagination":["114040"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9756426"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["COVID-19 blues: Lockdowns and mental health-related google searches in Latin America."],"pmcid":["PMC9756426"],"pubmed_authors":["Silverio-Murillo A","Rodriguez Tirado A","Hoehn-Velasco L","Balmori de la Miyar JR"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"COVID-19 blues: Lockdowns and mental health-related google searches in Latin America.","description":"<h4>Rationale</h4>Stress process theory considers that actual and perceived isolation, caused by mobility restrictions from attempted containment of the COVID-19 pandemic, deteriorates mental health.<h4>Objective</h4>We examine the relationship between the COVID-19 lockdowns and mental health-related Google searches in 11 Latin American countries. We include the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. We also explore how changes in search patterns relate to income support policies and to COVID-19 death rates.<h4>Method</h4>Using Google Trends data and an event-study design, as well as a difference-in-differences analysis, we investigate the association between country specific stay-at-home orders and inter","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Jul","modification":"2026-05-13T16:04:27.551Z","creation":"2025-04-06T23:01:32.344Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9756426","cross_references":{"pubmed":["34144481"],"doi":["10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114040"]}}