Muddled article. You say the relationship between lockdowns & suicides is "not statistically significant", yet you also imply on more than 1 occasion that lockdowns have lowered suicide rates. You also ignore the fact that many jurisdictions will have delayed coroner inquests.
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I don't believe it says that the lockdown has lowered suicide rate, it says that in several of the studies suicide rates where down during the period. It doesn't assign cause just presents the data.
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I’m not sure where to find the data but there have been a few news reports in Sweden that at least phone calls mentioning suicide to the crisis phone line have increased a lot these past months, without lockdown
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A prominent lockdown sceptic did a huge thread on the costs of lockdowns, including soaring suicide rates in Japan. It's like their injunction to 'look at the evidence' doesn't apply to them.
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Really good piece and a useful reference. I feel lockdowns have a diverse impact but they don't by default "cause MH problems". They may actually decrease distress/stress for certain groups. My sense is the anxiety of reopening and return to 'normal' will see a rise in suicide
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That's the funniest thing I read this year, thanks!!
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Interesting article. I'd add one piece of information re: Japan. There were several celebrity suicides this year, such as Hana Kimura, Haruma Miura, Yuko Takeuchi, etc. VERY high number. I'm no expert, but I think it's commonly believed that they can cause a "boom".
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And all of those suicides happened after May, I think.
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In short: there seems to be no evidence of an increase in suicides (at this stage) at the population level. That is not to say that some suicides aren’t attributable to COVID lockdowns. But as numbers aren’t increasing, if it is causing some it also appears to be stopping some.
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