Suicide and resilience-related Google searches during the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
J Affect Disord
; 303: 203-205, 2022 04 15.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1676787
ABSTRACT
Online searches related to suicide may sometimes be an early proxy indicator for behavioural outcomes. We used interrupted time series regression analyses to examine changes in suicide and resilience-related Google searches worldwide and in the United States during the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Searches for the word "suicide" were unchanged worldwide (-1%; 95%CI, -12%-11%) and in the US (-7%; 95%CI, -15%-2%) with decreased searches for "suicide methods" and increased searches for "how to kill yourself" and for resilience-related terms. This study provides potential evidence that suicides may not increase worldwide during the first year of the pandemic.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Suicide
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
J Affect Disord
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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