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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 18 Dec 2020

    My new piece looks at the important question of COVID-19 and suicides, and whether lockdowns have caused suicide rates to spike in 2020https://gidmk.medium.com/have-lockdowns-caused-suicides-during-covid-19-dd6b7a741f39 …

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      2. Bob‏ @lentonlad 18 Dec 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        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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      3. Jack Collier‏ @jcmedhat 19 Dec 2020
        Replying to @lentonlad @GidMK

        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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      1. Dr Julie Blommaert  👩🏼‍🔬‏ @drjulie_b 18 Dec 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        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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      1. Father Jack‏ @urcrazytoo 18 Dec 2020
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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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      2. Isis Kovacs‏ @isiskovacs 19 Dec 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        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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      3. S P‏ @toutvaencore 20 Dec 2020
        Replying to @isiskovacs @GidMK

        That's the funniest thing I read this year, thanks!!

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      2. S. Ikegaki‏ @sikegaki 19 Dec 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        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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      3. S. Ikegaki‏ @sikegaki 19 Dec 2020
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        And all of those suicides happened after May, I think.

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      2. Daily Grail‏ @DailyGrail 20 Dec 2020
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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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