Table 2.
Effects of the mitigation measures on Google searches for mental health and substance use.
| Stay-at-home |
Restaurant limit |
Business closure |
N | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Implement | Lift | Implement | Lift | Implement | Lift | ||
| Isolation | 0.120* | −0.02 | 0.218** | 0.003 | 0.129 | 0.060 | 9282 |
| (0.07) | (0.05) | (0.11) | (0.05) | (0.11) | (0.04) | ||
| Worry | 0.096* | 0.012 | 0.167** | 0.029 | 0.045 | 0 | 9282 |
| (0.06) | (0.06) | (0.07) | (0.07) | (0.09) | (0.06) | ||
| Anxiety | 0.023 | 0.021 | 0.066 | 0.011 | 0.044 | 0.002 | 9282 |
| (0.07) | (0.06) | (0.09) | (0.06) | (0.09) | (0.06) | ||
| Concentration | −0.089 | −0.041 | −0.098 | −0.131 | 0.089 | 0.064 | 9282 |
| (0.10) | (0.07) | (0.08) | (0.08) | (0.10) | (0.06) | ||
| Fatigue | 0.034 | −0.135*** | 0.086 | −0.031 | −0.05 | 0.016 | 9282 |
| (0.06) | (0.04) | (0.05) | (0.07) | (0.07) | (0.06) | ||
| Angry | 0.071 | −0.113** | −0.101 | 0.007 | −0.09 | 0.03 | 9282 |
| (0.06) | (0.05) | (0.07) | (0.06) | (0.08) | (0.05) | ||
| Insomnia | −0.031 | −0.013 | −0.035 | −0.021 | −0.079 | −0.049 | 9282 |
| (0.05) | (0.05) | (0.07) | (0.05) | (0.07) | (0.04) | ||
| Depression | 0.012 | −0.083 | 0.079 | −0.140** | 0.11 | 0.111* | 9282 |
| (0.09) | (0.06) | (0.09) | (0.06) | (0.10) | (0.06) | ||
| SSRI | −0.096* | −0.005 | −0.134 | −0.008 | −0.057 | 0.06 | 9282 |
| (0.06) | (0.06) | (0.09) | (0.05) | (0.07) | (0.05) | ||
| Antidepressant | −0.083* | 0.008 | 0.029 | −0.036 | −0.019 | −0.06 | 9282 |
| (0.05) | (0.05) | (0.07) | (0.05) | (0.07) | (0.05) | ||
| Sertraline | −0.116** | −0.02 | −0.160** | 0.057 | −0.007 | 0.019 | 9282 |
| (0.06) | (0.05) | (0.07) | (0.06) | (0.08) | (0.05) | ||
| Prozac | 0.07 | −0.048 | −0.188* | 0.055 | −0.095 | −0.017 | 9282 |
| (0.06) | (0.05) | (0.10) | (0.05) | (0.07) | (0.05) | ||
| Zoloft | −0.115* | 0.046 | −0.125 | −0.03 | 0.126 | 0.067 | 9282 |
| (0.07) | (0.06) | (0.08) | (0.06) | (0.08) | (0.06) | ||
| Suicide | −0.096* | −0.02 | −0.233*** | 0.054 | −0.052 | 0.055 | 9282 |
| (0.06) | (0.05) | (0.09) | (0.05) | (0.08) | (0.06) | ||
| Liquor | 0.085 | −0.005 | 0.369*** | 0.001 | −0.215** | −0.025 | 9282 |
| (0.07) | (0.05) | (0.09) | (0.05) | (0.09) | (0.05) | ||
| Wine | 0.174* | −0.072 | 0.023 | −0.032 | −0.094 | −0.111** | 9282 |
| (0.09) | (0.05) | (0.06) | (0.06) | (0.09) | (0.04) | ||
| Beer | −0.087 | 0.02 | −0.146** | 0.110** | 0.071 | −0.110** | 9282 |
| (0.07) | (0.04) | (0.06) | (0.05) | (0.07) | (0.04) | ||
| Cigarette | −0.114* | 0.08 | −0.046 | 0.038 | 0.056 | −0.048 | 9282 |
| (0.07) | (0.05) | (0.06) | (0.05) | (0.07) | (0.05) | ||
| Marijuana | −0.076 | 0.018 | 0.039 | −0.046 | −0.004 | 0.089 | 9282 |
| (0.10) | (0.05) | (0.10) | (0.06) | (0.11) | (0.06) | ||
| Naloxone | −0.033 | 0.039 | 0.016 | −0.049 | 0.012 | −0.043 | 9282 |
| (0.06) | (0.05) | (0.08) | (0.06) | (0.07) | (0.04) | ||
Notes: Each row reports regression coefficients from a linear regression model, weighted by state population in 2019. In addition to the listed variables, we control for indicators for school closures and state of emergency, state and day fixed effects. Standard errors in parentheses are clustered at the state level.
***
p < 0.01.
**
p < 0.05.
*
p < 0.1.