Abuse, self-harm and suicidal ideation in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic

Eleonora Iob · Andrew Steptoe · Daisy E. Fancourt

297 citations0/0 files storedThe British Journal of Psychiatry

No readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.

No open-access location is known for this record yet.

Literature note Cite in a project Citation map

COVID-19 and Mental Health Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Mental Health Treatment and Access

Abstract

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.

Paper brief

Loading…

Cite this work

Citation unavailable for this work.

BibTeX RIS CSL-JSON

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Citations in this library

Citation map →

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 297 citations exist upstream.

References

2020Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science 2020A longitudinal study on the mental health of general population during the COVID-19 epidemic in China 2020Family violence and COVID‐19: Increased vulnerability and reduced options for support 2019Prevalence of non-suicidal self-harm and service contact in England, 2000–14: repeated cross-sectional surveys of the general population

Cited by

2021Suicide behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: A meta-analysis of 54 studies 2020Trends in suicide during the covid-19 pandemic 2021Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary care-recorded mental illness and self-harm episodes in the UK: a population-based cohort study 2021The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-harm and suicidal behaviour: update of living systematic review 2021Social isolation, mental health, and use of digital interventions in youth during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationally representative survey 2021The impact of inequality on mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.2021Psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on 4378 UK healthcare workers and ancillary staff: initial baseline data from a cohort study collected during the first wave of the pandemic

Explore the map →

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.

Imported from OpenAlex (CC0) — nothing here is generated.