European mortality monitoring shows increase in excess mortality

Re:European mortality monitoring shows increase in excess mo... by ekianjo on Friday April 24, 2020 @06:01AM (#22966375)

> Suicides should be on the uptick.

could go both ways really. If you are stuck at home with your old folks (probably the case for young people at risk of suicide right now), much less chance to commit suicide with total privacy in the current circumstances.

Also, there's usually less suicides when things go really bad in the society at large, because it puts things in perspective more than any other time in terms of human suffering.

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Re:European mortality monitoring shows increase in excess mo... by bryanrasmussen on Friday April 24, 2020 @06:49AM (#22966628)

Also I suppose if you are suffering through a pandemic and are suicidal your first thought would probably be hopefully it will all be over soon and I don't have to do anything but be unlucky.

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Re:European mortality monitoring shows increase in excess mo... by bayesian_horse on Friday April 24, 2020 @08:15AM (#22967118)

That's not how suicidal ideation works, unfortunately.

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Re:European mortality monitoring shows increase in excess mo... by bryanrasmussen on Friday April 24, 2020 @10:06AM (#22968060)

I'm not sure it doesn't, at least at some times for some people, given my own experiences with it.

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