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Research Article 2024CC BYFree full text

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

This study was aimed at identifying the prevalence of concurrent experience, poor mental health and problematic substance use, and its associated factors, among Canadian adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. A nationwide repeated cross-sectional sample of 14,897 Canadian adults (quota-sampled, weighted) were recruited on ten occasions between October 2020 and March 2022 using online panels. Concurrent experience wa…

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Europe PMC

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Research Article 2023CC BYFree full text

Prevalence and factors associated with suicidal ideation, cannabis, and alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saskatchewan: findings from a joint-effect modeling

Daniel A. Adeyinka, Nuelle Novik, Gabriela Novotna, Mary Bartram, Robert Gabrys, Nazeem Muhajarine

BackgroundGenerally, pandemics such as COVID-19 take an enormous toll on people’s lives. As the pandemic now turns to an endemic state, growing attention has been paid to the multiple adverse mental health and behavioral issues, such as suicidal ideation and substance use. However, the interplay of suicidality and substance misuse during the pandemic has been limited. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of co-o…

BMC Psychiatry PubMed Central Open Access

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