The impact of the initial and second national COVID-19 lockdowns on mental health in young people with and without pre-existing depressive symptoms

Running on empty: a longitudinal global study of psychological well-being among runners during the COVID-19 pandemic

“…We were therefore unable to investigate whether the observed negative relationship between COVID-19-related deaths and psychological well-being is driven by the lockdowns—a downstream consequence of pandemic pressure—as has been suggested by some, but not all, other studies. 36 37 Sixth, although the results of this study do not suggest that running activity and running related injuries/problems have marked effects on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic pressure on psychological well-being, controlled intervention studies are required to clarify the question of causality. Such studies are, however, also associated with challenges—in particular due to the difficulties with regard to blinding, which is virtually impossible.…”

Self-injury, suicidal ideation and -attempt and eating disorders in young people following the initial and second COVID-19 lockdown

“…Further, it is possible that the impact of lockdown has been positive in some groups while negative in other groups which equalizes the impact. A similar DNBC study found slight interim deterioration in mental health in young people without pre-existing depressive symptoms following lockdown while no differences were observed in young people with pre-existing depressive symptoms 1 . Furthermore, the initial negative impact on mental health quickly attenuated and may have been a shock effect that did not manifest as selfinjury, suicidality, and EDs.…”

“…In the beginning of 2020 COVID-19 quickly spread globally and was on 11 th March declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization which led to public health measures being implemented to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Young people are at low risk of being severely ill by COVID-19 but have been suggested as most vulnerable to the collateral damages of lockdown and several studies have found an aggravation in the mental health among young people during the initial lockdown, especially among young women [1][2][3][4][5] . However, literature exploring whether this aggravation in mental health also has manifested as changes in self-injury, suicidality and eating disorders (EDs) during lockdown is sparse and with inconsistent findings.…”

The impact of the initial and second national COVID-19 lockdowns on mental health in young people with and without pre-existing self-injury, suicide ideation, and ED symptoms

“…and included in all analyses to account for differential attrition [3]. To estimate the changes in mean QoL and mental well-being, as well as the proportion feeling lonely, from pre to during lockdown, we performed random effects linear regressions and reported the mean change with corresponding 95% con dence intervals (CI).…”

“…The mental health burden induced by COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdowns was suggested early on to have a disproportional impact on vulnerable subgroups, including people with a pre-existing mental health problem [1] In a previous study, we demonstrated no increase in the proportions of young people with self-injury, suicide ideation, and eating disorder symptoms (ED), respectively, following the two national lockdowns in Denmark [2]. The evidence is however inconsistent, as the impact of lockdowns on young people with pre-existing mental health problems have been suggested to be positive and negative [3][4][5][6][7]. Research on how the lockdowns impacted the mental health in young people with pre-existing selfinjury, suicide ideation, or ED symptoms is limited.…”