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JAMA Psychiatry
; 78(4): 444-447, 2021 04 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-978105
Subject(s)
Black People , COVID-19 , Mortality , Suicide, Completed , White People , Black People/psychology , Black People/statistics & numerical data , COVID-19/epidemiology , COVID-19/prevention & control , Communicable Disease Control/organization & administration , Humans , Maryland/epidemiology , Mortality/ethnology , Mortality/trends , Race Factors , SARS-CoV-2 , Suicide, Completed/prevention & control , Suicide, Completed/statistics & numerical data , Suicide, Completed/trends , White People/psychology , White People/statistics & numerical data
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Psychiatry Res
; 295: 113622, 2021 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-963843
ABSTRACT
Suicide is an extreme consequence of the psychological burden associated with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) counter-measures. A quasi-Poisson regression was applied to monthly suicide mortality data obtained from the National Police Agency to estimate the gender-specific excess/exiguous suicide deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan up to September 2020. We found excess suicide deaths among women in July, August and September, but not among men. Our results indicate the importance of COVID-19 related suicide prevention, especially for women. Timely access to mental health care and financial and social support is urgently needed, as is optimal treatment for mental illness.