Psychological distress, loneliness, alcohol use and suicidality in New Zealanders with mental illness during a strict COVID-19 lockdown

CONCLUSION: During the COVID-19 lockdown in New Zealand, people with a previous diagnosis of a mental illness were at increased risk of detrimental psychological outcomes. This highlights the importance of recognising this and the challenges people face in pandemics.PMID:34313158 | DOI:10.1177/00048674211034317

Source: The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry - July 27, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Caroline Bell Jonathan Williman Ben Beaglehole James Stanley Matthew Jenkins Philip Gendall Charlene Rapsey Susanna Every-Palmer Source Type: research