@article{ref1,
title="Suicide rates during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan from April 2020 to December 2021",
journal="Psychiatry research",
year="2022",
author="Nakanishi, Miharu and Yamasaki, Syudo and Endo, Kaori and Ando, Shuntaro and Sakai, Mai and Yoshii, Hatsumi and Nishida, Atsushi",
volume="316",
number="",
pages="e114774-e114774",
abstract="This study estimated the excess suicidal mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. A Poisson regression model was used to assess the association between unemployment rates, expenditure for alcohol, eating out, and suicide, from January 2008 to March 2020. The excess suicidal mortality was assessed by applying the identified model to data from April 2020 to December 2021. The number of estimated excess deaths during COVID-19 was 3397 in men and 2390 in women. COVID-19 may have caused unprecedented psychological distress among people, owing to restricted social gatherings and prolonged uncertainties.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-1781",
doi="10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114774",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114774"
}