Mental health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: a latent class trajectory analysis using longitudinal UK data

Lancet Psychiatry

Fecha de publicación: Junio de 2021

Autores: Matthias Pierce, PhD , Sally McManus, MSc, Holly Hope, PhD, Prof Matthew Hotopf, FMedSci, Prof Tamsin Ford, PhD, Prof Stephani L Hatch, PhD, Prof Ann John, MD, Prof Evangelos Kontopantelis, PhD, Prof Roger T Webb, PhD, Prof Simon Wessely, FMedSci, Prof Kathryn M Abel, PhD ^†

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00151-6

Background: The mental health of the UK population declined at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Convenience sample surveys indicate that recovery began soon after. Using a probability sample, we tracked mental health during the pandemic to characterise mental health trajectories and identify predictors of deterioration.