Emergency department visits for attempted suicides rose globally among youth during pandemic, shows meta-analysis UCalgary TheLancet
Madigan says,"What this 22% increase means is that in an average emergency department setting, there were 102 child and adolescent visits per month for suicide attempts before the COVID-19 pandemic, which increased to 125 per month during the pandemic."
At face value, there seems to be a confusing discrepancy between the overall reduction in pediatric emergency department visits during the pandemic, on the one hand, and the spike in visits associated with suicide attempts and suicide ideation, on the other. But, beneath the surface, it makes perfect sense, says Madigan, who co-authoredstudy with researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, the University of Ottawa, and University College Dublin.
The researchers included studies published between January 2020 and July 2021 that contained data on pediatric emergency department visits before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, up to the summer of 2021.
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