@article{ref1,
title="Suicide prevention during COVID-19: identification of groups with reduced presentations to emergency departments",
journal="Australasian psychiatry",
year="2021",
author="Sveticic, Jerneja and Stapelberg, Nicolas Jc and Turner, Kathryn",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Reductions in suicidal and self-harm presentations to emergency departments (EDs) since COVID-19 indicate changes in help-seeking behaviours, but it is unknown if hospital avoidance equally affects all population groups. <br><br>METHOD: Socio-demographic and clinical information relating to suicidal and self-harm presentations to EDs in Queensland, Australia, were compared for the period before (March-August 2019) and since the COVID-19 outbreak (March-August 2020). <br><br>RESULTS: Since COVID, Indigenous Australians and persons with less severe suicidal and self-harm presentations had significantly reduced presentations, while persons younger than 18 years had more presentations. Less suicidal presentations resulted in an admission to inpatient care. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Patterns of reduced attendance to ED in some groups suggest the need for innovative and community-based models of care to help prevent suicides during the pandemic.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1039-8562",
doi="10.1177/1039856221992632",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1039856221992632"
}