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Depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

T. Medvedeva ,
S. Enikolopov ,
O. Boyko  and
O. Vorontsova
T. Medvedeva
Affiliation:
Clinical Psychology, Federal State Budgetary Scientific institution “Mental health research center”, Moscow, Russian Federation
S. Enikolopov
Affiliation:
Clinical Psychology, Federal State Budgetary Scientific institution “Mental health research center”, Moscow, Russian Federation
O. Boyko*
Affiliation:
Clinical Psychology, Federal State Budgetary Scientific institution “Mental health research center”, Moscow, Russian Federation
O. Vorontsova
Affiliation:
Clinical Psychology, Federal State Budgetary Scientific institution “Mental health research center”, Moscow, Russian Federation
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic may bear serious consequences for mental health, such as the increase in psychopathological symptoms.

Objectives

Analysis of changes in depressive suicidal ideation symptoms and during the COVID-19. Depressive symptoms and suicidality were considered separately.

Methods

Internet survey 22.03.20–22.06.20 (908 responses), included SCL-90R, COPE, question about suicidal ideation.

Results

The analysis showed a positive correlation between suicidal thoughts and depression (Spearman .45; p<.001), a growing trend in the depressive symptoms (Std.J-T=2.51, p=.012), and the increase in severity of suicidal thoughts (Fisher’s Exact Test, 5.92, p=.046). Severity of depression positively correlates with the emergence of the virus in the city, contraction of disease among friends (Spearman .165; p<.001), sick and die fears, an also is linked to more expressed seeking «emotional, social and instrumental help» (COPE). The intensity of suicidal ideation was not associated with these factors, but negatively correlated with «acceptance» and «planning».

Conclusions

The increase in depressive symptoms and suicidal thoughts is determined by different factors. Depressive symptoms is associated with various fears and mediated by non-constructive ways of coping, but there are also constructive coping-strategies as the search for help. The intensity of suicidal thoughts is associated with higher levels of stress, which cannot be explained by the «objective» threat of contagion and fears, but is experienced as an «indefinite» anxiety, supposedly linked to the measures to counter the pandemic, such as restrictions on social interactions, loneliness and uncertainty. The increase in depressive symptoms is linked with an orientation to another person, but the suicidal ideation is not.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

COVID-19DepressioncopingSuicidal ideation
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S662
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