Citation

Efstathiou V, Papadopoulou A, Pomini V, Yotsidi V, Kalemi G, Chatzimichail K, Michopoulos I, Kaparoudaki A, Papadopoulou M, Smyrnis N, Douzenis A, Gournellis R. Asian J. Psychiatry 2022; 73: 103175.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103175

PMID

35644079

PMCID

PMC9119194

Abstract

This longitudinal study aimed to examine the within-person changes in suicidal ideation, depression, and anxiety between the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic and the third wave (i.e., one year later), while nationwide lockdowns were in effect. Among 720 respondents, 4.72% presented suicidal ideation, which appeared unaltered one-year post-pandemic onset, while both depression (21.25% versus 28.06%) and anxiety (12.08% versus 18.47%) increased significantly, adjusting for gender, age, and mental health history. Suicidal ideation, depression, and anxiety during the third pandemic wave were independently associated with crucial socio-demographic, clinical, psychological and psychopathological variables, in the stepwise regression analyses performed.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Anxiety; Depression; Suicidal Ideation; Longitudinal Studies; Mental health; Suicidality; Pandemic; SARS-CoV-2; Pandemics; *COVID-19/epidemiology; Communicable Disease Control; Anxiety/epidemiology; Depression/epidemiology/psychology; Trajectory