The COVID-19 Pandemic and Youth Suicide: 2020–2021, in Pediatrics
key takeaway: "A total of 552 suicides were included for study. Higher proportions of COVID-19–impacted suicides (n = 144) were by hanging (51% vs 40%) and occurred in suburban areas (57% vs 45%) compared with non–COVID-19–impacted suicides (n = 408). COVID-19–impacted youth also experienced significantly more isolation (60% vs 14%), school problems (42% vs 19%), depression (43% vs 24%), and/or anxiety disorder (23% vs 12%) diagnoses."
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