Journal
BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
Volume 217, Issue 4, Pages 543-546Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2020.130
Keywords
COVID-19; mental health; abuse; self-harm; thoughts of suicide or self-harm
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- Nuffield Foundation [WEL/FR-000022583]
- MARCH Mental Health Network - Cross-Disciplinary Mental Health Network Plus initiative
- UK Research and Innovation [ES/S002588/1]
- Wellcome Trust [221400/Z/20/Z, 205407/Z/16/Z]
- ESRC [1907703, ES/S002588/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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This study explored patterns of abuse, self-harm and thoughts of suicide/self-harm in the UK during the first month of the COVID-19 pandemic using data from the COVID-19 Social Study (n=44 775), a non-probability sample weighted to population proportions. The reported frequency of abuse, self-harm and thoughts of suicide/self-harm was higher among women, Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups and people experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage, unemployment, disability, chronic physical illnesses, mental disorders and COVID-19 diagnosis. Psychiatric medications were the most common type of support being used, but fewer than half of those affected were accessing formal or informal support.
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