Alternative headline: "Lockdowns allowed for parents to keep a closer eye on their kids, as a result more suicide attempts were discovered during the pandemic.

Alternative headline: "Lockdowns allowed for parents to keep a closer eye on their kids, as a result more suicide attempts were discovered during the pandemic. Actual suicides (and thus attempts) did not increase significantly." According to this source[1] 1 in 25 attempts in youth are successful vs 1 in 4 for the elderly. That leaves a lot of room for "attempt discovery" statistics to meaningfully change without any meaningful changes in actual attempts. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_attempt#:~:text=The%20American%20Association%20of%20Suicidology,about%204%3A1%20in%20elderly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_attempt#:~:text=The%20....