@article{ref1,
title="Suicide and homicide before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Milan, Italy",
journal="Journal of affective disorders reports",
year="2023",
author="Calati, Raffaella and Gentile, Guendalina and Fornaro, Michele and Madeddu, Fabio and Tambuzzi, Stefano and Zoja, Riccardo",
volume="12",
number="",
pages="e100510-e100510",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has been postulated to account for inflated rates of either suicides or homicides. Nonetheless, results are discordant, in particular concerning suicide. We aimed to perform a retrospective analysis of suicides and homicides in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy (districts of Milan and Monza Brianza), the Italian region most seriously impacted by the pandemic outbreak. <br><br>METHODS: Data were collected during the autopsies performed at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Milan. We presented suicides and homicides in the years 2015-2021 and compared the year 2021 to 2019, a pre-COVID-19 year. <br><br>RESULTS: Data may allow us to cautiously hypothesize a normalization of trends (&quot;regression&quot; to the mean effect) as time passes from the COVID-19 outbreak. LIMITATIONS: Limited number of events, in particular, homicides. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Recording historical reports from the same region is warranted besides the comparisons across different countries.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2666-9153",
doi="10.1016/j.jadr.2023.100510",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2023.100510"
}