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This is a reasonable article. Some others in the UK have been a lot more concerning. https://twitter.com/ProfLAppleby/status/1323563373502603264?s=20 https://t
by DanBC 6y ago
This is a reasonable article. Some others in the UK have been a lot more concerning.
https://twitter.com/ProfLAppleby/status/1323563373502603264?s=20 https://twitter.com/ProfLAppleby/status/1323563373502603264?...
> As we go back into #lockdown, it’s right to be concerned about #mentalhealth & alert to the risks, wrong to frighten people with dire predictions, to quote evidence selectively, to claim mental health as cover for ideological opposition.
https://twitter.com/ProfLAppleby/status/1325406591307444225?s=20 https://twitter.com/ProfLAppleby/status/1325406591307444225?...
> We need to acknowledge the anxiety people feel in a pandemic without alarming predictions on mental health that could add to risk.
> So please, no more "tsunami" or "suicide epidemic".
> https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(20)30484-3/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0...
https://twitter.com/ProfLAppleby/status/1324697434824581120?s=20 https://twitter.com/ProfLAppleby/status/1324697434824581120?...
> News reporting of the pandemic should not add to suicide risk - alarming predictions about suicide rates are of particular concern. Important message to media & people they quote, authors inc Keith Hawton & @samaritans
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