COVID-19, economic downturn, and long-term trajectories of population mental health: Evidence from two nationally representative British birth cohorts at the intersection of gender and socioeconomic position.

Soc Sci Med · 2026 · PMC7619173 · PMID 41313899

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Differences between the most recent pre-pandemic assessments and the latest sweeps (ages 50/64.5 in NCDS/58 and 46/52.5 in BCS/70) were not significant in NCDS/58 (B prepandemic_time_NCDS/58 = 0.01 [−0.07, 0.09], p = 0.791) and marginally significant and negative in BCS/70 (B prepandemic_time_BCS/70 = −0.08 [−0.15, −0.01], p = 0.022), in line with the notion of a “bounce back” to (or even slight improvement compared to) pre-pandemic levels.

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