Anxiolytic's purchases, mobility and mortality

Psychotropic drug purchases during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy and their relationship with mobility restrictions

We study the interplay between mobility, measured with anonymized mobile phone data, and mental health and report no significant effect of mobility restrictions on antidepressants and anxiolytics purchases in 2020.

November 2022 · Francesca Marazzi, Andrea Piano Mortari, Federico Belotti, Giuseppe CarrĂ , Ciro Cattuto, Joanna Kopinska, Daniela Paolotti, Vincenzo Atella