Loneliness among people with severe mental illness during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from a linked UK population cohort study

• Paul Heron ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: paul.heron@york.ac.uk

  Affiliation Mental Health and Addiction Research Group, University of York, York, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3529-5737

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• Panagiotis Spanakis,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mental Health and Addiction Research Group, University of York, York, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2732-8300

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• Suzanne Crosland,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mental Health and Addiction Research Group, University of York, York, United Kingdom

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• Gordon Johnston,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Independent Peer Researcher, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4483-8932

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• Elizabeth Newbronner,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mental Health and Addiction Research Group, University of York, York, United Kingdom

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• Ruth Wadman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mental Health and Addiction Research Group, University of York, York, United Kingdom

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• Lauren Walker,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mental Health and Addiction Research Group, University of York, York, United Kingdom

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• Simon Gilbody,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Mental Health and Addiction Research Group, University of York, York, United Kingdom, Hull York Medical School, York, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8236-6983

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• Emily Peckham

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mental Health and Addiction Research Group, University of York, York, United Kingdom

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