Suicide trends in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic

Re:Suicide trends in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic by WillPostForFood on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @06:18PM (#26800086)

There are hundreds of stories like this one by NPR, which not an expected source for anti-lockdown fake news:

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/02/02/9620601...

So people read it and think the suicide rate is going up. It may actually be going up for some groups in some places, but the bigger message here is that the media loves a good horror story, and is willing to report anything based on anecdotes.

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Re:Suicide trends in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic by packetlost on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @10:34AM (#26807625)

I wouldn't really expect suicides to rise much within the first few months, if at all. It's 3+ months an onward that I would expect to start seeing increases due to prolonged isolation.

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Re:Suicide trends in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic by zthrowaway on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @07:39PM (#26801043)

But deaths of despair are on the rise. Perhaps pro-lockdown and anti-lockdown people focus on the wrong data points.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/deaths-of-despair-depres...

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