Concurrent Experience of Self-Reported Mental Health Symptoms and Problematic Substance Use During the First Two Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Canadian Adults: Evidence from a Repeated Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey
Md Sabbir Ahmed, Mary Bartram, Robert Gabrys, Mansfield Mela, Nazeem Muhajarine, Michael Chaiton · 2024
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Md Sabbir Ahmed and co-authors count how often poor mental health and problematic substance use occurred together among Canadian adults during the first two COVID-19 years. Their 2024 study pools ten rounds of a nationwide online survey run from October 2020 to March 2022. The pool held 14,897 adults, weighted to match the country's population. The paired state meant symptoms of depression or anxiety plus screening signs of problem cannabis or alcohol use.
About 17 percent met both sets of criteria at once, and about 46 percent met at least one. Rates varied by province, from about 19 percent at the top to about 14 at the lowest. Odds ran high among the young, men, queer adults, minority groups, and people with past care or thoughts of self-harm. Low resilience in a crisis also raised the odds. The team backs integrated care, tuned by region.
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| CREATOR | Md Sabbir Ahmed, Mary Bartram, Robert Gabrys, Mansfield Mela, Nazeem Muhajarine, Michael Chaiton |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |