@article{ref1,
title="Associations between periods of COVID-19 quarantine and mental health in Canada",
journal="Psychiatry research",
year="2020",
author="Daly, Zachary and Slemon, Allie and Richardson, Chris G. and Salway, Travis and McAuliffe, Corey and Gadermann, Anne M. and Thomson, Kimberly C. and Hirani, Saima and Jenkins, Emily K.",
volume="295",
number="",
pages="e113631-e113631",
abstract="Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many jurisdictions, including Canada, have made use of public health measures such as COVID-19 quarantine to reduce the transmission of the virus. To examine associations between these periods of quarantine and mental health, including suicidal ideation and deliberate self-harm, we examined data from a national survey of 3000 Canadian adults distributed between May 14-29, 2020. Notably, participants provided the reason(s) for quarantine. When pooling all reasons for quarantine together, this experience was associated with higher odds of suicidal ideation and deliberate self-harm in the two weeks preceding the survey. These associations remained even after controlling for age, household income, having a pre-existing mental health condition, being unemployed due to the pandemic, and living alone. However, the associations with mental health differed across reasons for quarantine; those who were self-isolating specifically due to recent travel were not found to have higher odds of suicidal ideation or deliberate self-harm. Our research suggests the importance of accounting for the reason(s) for quarantine in the implementation of this critical public health measure to reduce the mental health impacts of this experience.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-1781",
doi="10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113631",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113631"
}