Background The COVID-19 pandemic is having profound mental health consequences for
many people. Concerns have been expressed that, at their most extreme, these …

Context Most societies believe that a mother's psychological state can influence her unborn
baby. Severe adverse life events during pregnancy have been consistently associated with …

Background The mental health of the UK population declined at the onset of the COVID-19
pandemic. Convenience sample surveys indicate that recovery began soon after. Using a …

Background Predicted increases in suicide were not generally observed in the early months
of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the picture may be changing and patterns might vary …

Objectives To examine temporal trends in sex and age specific incidence of self harm in
children and adolescents, clinical management patterns, and risk of cause specific mortality …

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused considerable morbidity, mortality and
disruption to people’s lives around the world. There are concerns that rates of suicide and …

Background To date, research on the indirect impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the
health of the population and the health-care system is scarce. We aimed to investigate the …

Context Most previous studies have examined suicide risk in relation to a single physical
disease. Objectives To estimate relative risk across a range of physical diseases, to assess the …

Context Studies linking birth weight and mental illness onset are inconclusive. They have
primarily focused on the World Health Organization low birth weight threshold (2500 g) and …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected population mental health. We
aimed to assess temporal trends in primary care-recorded common mental illness, episodes …