@article{ref1,
title="Perceived impact of COVID-19 among callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline",
journal="Crisis",
year="2022",
author="Port, Margaret S. and Lake, Alison M. and Hoyte-Badu, Amanda M. and Rodriguez, Claudia L. and Chowdhury, Saba J. and Goldstein, Alena and Murphy, Sean and Cornette, Michelle and Gould, Madelyn S.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Research indicates that the COVID-19 pandemic caused increases in psychological distress and suicidal ideation. Aims: To describe the ways suicidal callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) perceived COVID-19 to have impacted them and assess whether these callers perceived COVID-19-related stress as contributing to their suicidal thoughts. <br><br>METHOD: Telephone interviews were conducted with 412 suicidal callers to 12 Lifeline centers. Logistic regression analyses were used to examine the associations between demographic factors and individual COVID-19 stressors and to determine whether callers who endorsed COVID-19-related stress as contributing to their suicidal thoughts differed from those who did not regarding demographics, current suicide risk, history of suicidality, Lifeline use, or individual COVID-19 stressors. <br><br>RESULTS: Over half of callers reported that COVID-19-related stress contributed to their suicidal ideation (CRSSI). Callers who endorsed CRSSI had higher odds than those who did not of mentioning financial difficulties when asked how COVID-19 impacted them. The two groups of callers did not differ on the other factors examined. Limitations: Interviewed callers may not be representative of all Lifeline callers. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Despite the subjective burden of COVID-19-related stress on suicidal Lifeline callers, this was not associated with new suicidality or heightened suicide risk.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0227-5910",
doi="10.1027/0227-5910/a000881",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000881"
}