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"Suicide attempt admissions have increased by 100 per cent on average during the pandemic," the release says. "Admissions for substance-use disorders have incre
by petertodd 5y ago
"Suicide attempt admissions have increased by 100 per cent on average during the pandemic," the release says. "Admissions for substance-use disorders have increased by 200 per cent."
https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/cheo-joins-other-children-s-hospitals-in-declaring-mental-health-crisis-among-youth-as-pandemic-drags-on-1.5433469 https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/cheo-joins-other-children-s-hospit...
While that's not the same as saying actual deaths from suicide have increased, there is a serious problem, at least here in Canada.
edit: Attempts up 90% in Colorado as well:
https://coloradosun.com/2021/05/25/mental-health-emergency-children-teen-colorado/ https://coloradosun.com/2021/05/25/mental-health-emergency-c...
- thebruce87m 5y agoSure, I was aware of the increase in ideation and attempts but we were talking about excess deaths. I don’t like it when articles use percentages and omit the absolute numbers which are also important to give a sense of scale. Suicide is a serious issue and shouldn’t be ignored. We should also apply the same logic to suicides as people are applying to covid - would these people have tried suicide anyway but covid/lockdown just brought it forward? Will we therefore have a drop in attempts now to mirror the spike up?
- mattmanser 5y agoYou're cherry picking numbers. While a children's hospital in Colorado might have reported a 90% increase, across the whole of the US suicides were down 5%. As far as I know, most countries are reporting an overall drop in suicides during the pandemic.