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I've been looking for any updates on covid19 and suicide. This lancet article is from April. Gunnell, D., Appleby, L., Arensman, E., Hawton, K., John, A., Kapu
by dr_dshiv 6y ago
I've been looking for any updates on covid19 and suicide. This lancet article is from April.
Gunnell, D., Appleby, L., Arensman, E., Hawton, K., John, A., Kapur, N., ... & Chan, L. F. (2020). Suicide risk and prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet Psychiatry, 7(6), 468-471.
- fdschoeneman 6y agoI am curious too. These data are critical to policymakers today. Without knowing what excess deaths from suicide and overdose look like stratified by age, they can't understand the risk and reward of covid-19 lockdowns. And even if they suspect as I do that the number of life years lost to suicide and overdose caused by lockdowns bmay outweigh the number 'saved' by lockdowns, it will be difficult to persuade anyone of this without data. Not forcing HHS and CDC to prioritize collection of these statistics was a serious mistake.
- vmchale 6y agoI saw a recent writeup by journalists on suicide among black people in Chicago. So far we're halfway through the year and already have matched 2019. https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/7/25/21336409/suicides-black-cook-county-residents-alarming-rise-mental-health https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/7/25/21336409/sui...