Does suicidal ideation increase during the second COVID-19 lockdown?

Psychiatry Res. 2021 Jul:301:113990. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113990. Epub 2021 May 9.

Abstract

This longitudinal study aimed to investigate the predictive factors of suicidal ideation during the second lockdown in Greece. The respondents presented a 4.32% suicidal ideation in the second lockdown, which did not differ significantly to the initial 4.81%. Anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation during the first lockdown and living with a person with frail health and vulnerable for COVID-19 severe infection emerged as significant risk factors for suicidal ideation during the second lockdown, after controlling for gender, age, and mental health history. Depression was found as the only significant prognostic factor for suicidal ideation incidence of the second lockdown.

Keywords: COVID-19; Longitudinal survey; Suicidal ideation.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anxiety / psychology*
  • Anxiety Disorders / epidemiology
  • Anxiety Disorders / psychology
  • COVID-19 / epidemiology
  • COVID-19 / psychology*
  • Communicable Disease Control
  • Depression / epidemiology
  • Depression / psychology*
  • Greece / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Male
  • Mental Health
  • Middle Aged
  • Prevalence
  • Risk Factors
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Stress, Psychological*
  • Suicidal Ideation*
  • Suicide / psychology*
  • Suicide / statistics & numerical data
  • Suicide, Attempted / psychology*
  • Suicide, Attempted / statistics & numerical data