Profiles of mental health and their association with negative impacts and suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Canadian perspective

Many Canadians have experienced worse mental health since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to identify profiles of mental health difficulties and to quantify the relationships between mental health profiles, negative impacts related to the pandemic, and suicidal ideation. Latent profile analysis was used to identify patterns of anxiety, depression, and psychological distress among 22,721 adult participants from the 2020 and 2021 Survey on COVID-19 and Mental Health.