Depression and suicide risk during the Covid-19 pandemic at a Brazilian public health psychosocial addiction care center: a preliminary report

Moura, Patricia de; Rockenbach, Camila; Mendes, Caroline Eliza; Mendes, Giovani; Ghiggi, Letícia; Diel, Marciane; Martini, Patrícia; Filho, Plauto Camozzato; Scafuto, Raquel; Mello, Rita Mello de; Kovalski, Rossana; Filho, Vauto Mendes; Paz, Bruno

doi:10.47626/2237-6089-2021-0259

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“…In addition, the findings of previous studies targeting patients with SUD, including AUD, have confirmed a high comorbidity of depression, anxiety, and suicide risk during the COVID-19 pandemic (Blithikioti et al, 2021;de Moura et al, 2022). Loneliness and craving were associated with an increased risk of relapse among those patients (Bonny-Noach & Gold, 2021;Constant et al, 2022).…”

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Impact of COVID‐19 and restricted self‐help group attendance on drinking behavior among people with alcohol use disorder: Results of a nationwide cross‐sectional survey

Nitta,

Matsushita

2023

Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research

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BackgroundConcerns regarding symptom severity and the risk of relapse among people seeking recovery from alcohol use disorder (AUD) have been raised since the onset of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Owing to preventive measures implemented during the pandemic (social distancing or lockdown), self‐help group (SHG) meetings were restricted. However, the impact of deprivation of onsite recovery meetings on drinking behavior and risk among SHG members with AUD remains unclear. We aimed to identify the proportion of SHG members who reported drinking and their reasons for drinking during the early stages of the pandemic and to examine the effect of non‐attendance at onsite recovery meetings on drinking behavior during the early pandemic period, stratified by gender.MethodsA national cross‐sectional survey of 6,478 Japanese SHG members was conducted, and self‐reported alcohol consumption, sociodemographic characteristics, AUD diagnosis, treatment status, SHG meeting attendance, membership duration, psychological distress, and health‐related variables were examined. Of these 6,478 members, 2,955 (male: n = 2,678; female: n = 277; response rate: 46.7%) responded, and the responses were analyzed using a gender‐stratified multivariate logistic regression model.ResultsMost participants reported to have abstained from alcohol use, while 6% of the respondents reported having consumed alcohol during the early stages of the pandemic. The proportion of “drinkers” among women (10.5%) was significantly higher than that among men (5.9%) (p = 0.012). Through multivariate model analysis, the factors associated with drinking during the pandemic were identified as psychological distress (among men and women) and not attending onsite recovery meetings (among men). Conversely, a longer duration of SHG membership was associated with reduced drinking during the pandemic for both genders.ConclusionsMost SHG members appear to have remained abstinent during the early stages of the COVID‐19 pandemic. However, the inability to attend recovery meetings may have influenced the drinking behavior of men.

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Impact of COVID‐19 and restricted self‐help group attendance on drinking behavior among people with alcohol use disorder: Results of a nationwide cross‐sectional survey

Nitta,

Matsushita

2023

Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research

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“…We included 20 questions from the CoRonavIruS Health Impact Survey (CRISIS) (http://www.crisissurvey.org/ [25]), a self-applied questionnaire, evaluating participant characteristics and life changes due to the pandemic. This questionnaire has already been used in studies with the Brazilian population [26,27].…”

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Intimate Partner Violence and Women’s Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil

Baumont¹,

Oliveira²,

Figueiredo³

et al. 2023

Trends Psychiatry Psychother

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“…In Brazil, a cross-sectional study 24 found results on the increased risk of suicide in a psychosocial public healthcare center in southern Brazil. However, results for the State of São Paulo are still incipient.…”

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Time series analysis of the suicide attempts assisted by firefighters from 2017 to 2021 in São Paulo, Brazil

Wagner

Almeida

Araújo³

et al. 2022

Rev. bras. epidemiol.

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Objective: This study aimed to analyze the time trends of suicide attempts assisted by the Fire Department of the Military Police of the State of São Paulo (Corpo de Bombeiros da Polícia Militar do Estado de São Paulo — CBPMESP) from 2017 to 2021, between sexes. Methods: This is an ecological study of 11,435 suicide attempts assisted by CBPMESP calls from January 2017 to December 2021. Three seasonal auto-regressive integrated moving average with exogenous (SARIMAX) models were adjusted considering total population, only men, and only women. Results: The total occurrences of suicide attempts were stationary in the prepandemic period but had an increased growth pattern after the pandemic began. This trend was higher among men, due to (1) lower assistance of suicide attempts during early pandemic than in the prepandemic period and (2) significant increased assistance after the beginning of vaccination against COVID-19, followed by a decrease, but with a tendency to increase, in the long-term pandemic. Conclusion: Our results indicate a growth in the long-term suicide attempts during COVID-19. The beginning of vaccination was not considered significant in the reduction of CBPMESP attendances. These results corroborate the need for a multisectoral national suicide prevention strategy to mitigate the effects of the pandemic on mental health in the State of São Paulo.

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Depression and suicide risk during the Covid-19 pandemic at a Brazilian public health psychosocial addiction care center: a preliminary report

Cited by 5 publications

References 18 publications

Impact of COVID‐19 and restricted self‐help group attendance on drinking behavior among people with alcohol use disorder: Results of a nationwide cross‐sectional survey

Impact of COVID‐19 and restricted self‐help group attendance on drinking behavior among people with alcohol use disorder: Results of a nationwide cross‐sectional survey

Intimate Partner Violence and Women’s Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil

Time series analysis of the suicide attempts assisted by firefighters from 2017 to 2021 in São Paulo, Brazil

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