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There are hundreds of stories like this one by NPR, which not an expected source for anti-lockdown fake news: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/02
by WillPostForFood 6y ago
There are hundreds of stories like this one by NPR, which not an expected source for anti-lockdown fake news:
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/02/02/962060105/child-psychiatrists-warn-that-the-pandemic-may-be-driving-up-kids-suicide-risk https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/02/02/9620601...
So people read it and think the suicide rate is going up. It may actually be going up for some groups in some places, but the bigger message here is that the media loves a good horror story, and is willing to report anything based on anecdotes.
- zthrowaway 6y agoBut deaths of despair are on the rise. Perhaps pro-lockdown and anti-lockdown people focus on the wrong data points. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/deaths-of-despair-depression-mental-health-covid-19-pandemic/amp https://www.sciencenews.org/article/deaths-of-despair-depres...
- packetlost 6y agoI wouldn't really expect suicides to rise much within the first few months, if at all. It's 3+ months an onward that I would expect to start seeing increases due to prolonged isolation.