Christine Reif-Leonhard, Dorothea Lemke, Franziska Holz, Kira F. Ahrens, Christoph Fehr, Markus Steffens, Michael Grube, Christine M. Freitag, Sarah C. Kölzer, Sabine Schlitt, Rebekka Gebhardt, Theresa Rita Gädeke, Helga Schmidt, Ferdinand M. Gerlach, Kira Wolff, Michael Stäblein, Nora Hauschild, Inga Beig, Louisa Wagner, Juliane K. Müller, Marcel A. Verhoff, Christiane Schlang, Andreas Reif
- The consequences of the current COVID-19 pandemic for mental health remain unclear, especially regarding the effects on suicidal behaviors. To assess changes in the pattern of suicide attempt (SA) admissions and completed suicides (CS) in association with the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of a longitudinal study, SA admissions and CS are systematically documented and analyzed in all psychiatric hospitals in Frankfurt/Main (765.000 inhabitants). Number, sociodemographic factors, diagnoses and methods of SA and CS were compared between the periods of March–December 2019 and March–December 2020. The number of CS did not change, while the number of SA significantly decreased. Age, sex, occupational status, and psychiatric diagnoses did not change in SA, whereas the percentage of patients living alone while attempting suicide increased. The rate and number of intoxications as a SA method increased and more people attempted suicide in their own home, which was not observed in CS. Such a shift from public places to home is supported by the weekday of SA, as the rate of SA on weekends was significantly lower during the pandemic, likely because of lockdown measures. Only admissions to psychiatric hospitals were recorded, but not to other institutions. As it seems unlikely that the number of SA decreased while the number of CS remained unchanged, it is conceivable that the number of unreported SA cases increased during the pandemic. Our data suggest that a higher number of SA remained unnoticed during the pandemic because of their location and the use of methods associated with lower lethality.
MetadatenAuthor: | Christine Reif-LeonhardORCiD, Dorothea LemkeGND, Franziska HolzGND, Kira F. AhrensORCiDGND, Christoph FehrGND, Markus SteffensGND, Michael GrubeGND, Christine M. FreitagORCiDGND, Sarah C. Kölzer, Sabine SchlittGND, Rebekka Gebhardt, Theresa Rita GädekeGND, Helga Schmidt, Ferdinand M. GerlachORCiDGND, Kira WolffGND, Michael StäbleinGND, Nora Hauschild, Inga Beig, Louisa Wagner, Juliane K. MüllerGND, Marcel A. VerhoffORCiDGND, Christiane SchlangGND, Andreas ReifORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-694789 |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-022-01448-y |
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ISSN: | 1433-8491 |
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ISSN: | 0940-1334 |
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Parent Title (English): | European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience |
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Publisher: | Steinkopff, Springer |
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Place of publication: | Darmstadt, Berlin ; Heidelberg |
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Document Type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
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Date of Publication (online): | 2022/07/04 |
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Date of first Publication: | 2022/07/04 |
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Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
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Release Date: | 2023/04/27 |
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Tag: | COVID-19; Completed suicide; Pandemic; SARS-CoV2; Suicide attempt |
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Volume: | 273 |
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Issue: | 2 |
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Page Number: | 9 |
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First Page: | 357 |
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Last Page: | 365 |
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Note: | This study was supported by the Federal Health Ministry (BMG), grant number ZMVI1-2517FSB136. |
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Note: | Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. |
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HeBIS-PPN: | 508735904 |
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Institutes: | Medizin |
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Dewey Decimal Classification: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
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| 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
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Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
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Licence (German): | Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
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