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Suicides from 2016 to 2020 in Finland and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Source :
- British Journal of Psychiatry; Jan2022, Vol. 220 Issue 1, p38-40, 3p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- The COVID-19 pandemic has had negative mental health outcomes in populations, but the suicide numbers in Finland have remained unchanged compared with expected levels based on the pre-pandemic period. We included all deaths from suicide verified by the official cause-of-death investigations, including forensic autopsy with analysis of forensic toxicology samples, between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2020 in Finland. There was a decline in suicide incidence from 2016 to 2020 in men, and a declining tendency in suicide rates for every consecutive month during the COVID-19 pandemic period. The COVID-19 governmental policy responses do not seem to have led to an increase in suicide numbers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- COVID-19 pandemic
SUICIDE
SUICIDE statistics
SUICIDE victims
FORENSIC toxicology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00071250
- Volume :
- 220
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Psychiatry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 154290809
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2021.136