Citation

Fushimi M. Psychiatry Res. 2022; 312: e114569.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114569

PMID

35472636

PMCID

PMC9017185

Abstract

Most suicide statistics published by public institutions relate to suicide completers. There is almost nothing about suicide attempters. Therefore, it is difficult to grasp the actual situation of suicide attempts. Even in academic research, there is limited established evidence on attempted suicides due to methodology challenges. Thus, it is necessary to accumulate further knowledge on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected suicide (especially suicide attempts). In this paper, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on suicide are considered from the viewpoint of differences between completed suicides and attempted suicides.

1. Are the "suicide completed" group and "suicide attempted" group different?
2. Changes in the tendency of suicides in Japan before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic
3. Is the COVID-19 pandemic a factor that transformed suicide attempters into suicide completers?
4. What is speculated to be the reason why the COVID-19 pandemic increased suicides (completed suicides)?

Language: en