Suicide risk and prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic

David Gunnell¹, Louis Appleby², Ella Arensman³, Keith Hawton⁴, Ann John⁵, Nav Kapur², Murad Khan⁶, Rory C O'Connor⁷, Jane Pirkis⁸; COVID-19 Suicide Prevention Research Collaboration

Collaborators, Affiliations

Collaborators

COVID-19 Suicide Prevention Research Collaboration:
Louis Appleby, Ella Arensman, Eric D Caine, Lai Fong Chan, Shu-Sen Chang, Ying-Yeh Chen, Helen Christensen, Rakhi Dandona, Michael Eddleston, Annette Erlangsen, David Gunnell, Jill Harkavy-Friedman, Keith Hawton, Ann John, Nav Kapur, Murad Khan, Olivia J Kirtley, Duleeka Knipe, Flemming Konradsen, Shiwei Liu, Sally McManus, Lars Mehlum, Matthew Miller, Paul Moran, Jacqui Morrissey, Christine Moutier, Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, Merete Nordentoft, Rory C O'Connor, Siobhan O'Neill, Andrew Page, Michael R Phillips, Jane Pirkis, Steve Platt, Maurizio Pompili, Ping Qin, Mohsen Rezaeian, Morton Silverman, Mark Sinyor, Steven Stack, Ellen Townsend, Gustavo Turecki, Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Paul Sf Yip

Affiliations

¹ National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PS, UK. Electronic address: d.j.gunnell@bristol.ac.uk.
² Centre for Mental Health and Safety, National Institute for Health Research Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, University of Manchester and Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Manchester, UK.
³ School of Public Health and National Suicide Research Foundation, College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
⁴ Centre for Suicide Research, University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK.
⁵ Population Psychiatry, Suicide and Informatics, Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
⁷ Suicidal Behaviour Research Laboratory, Institute of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
⁸ Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

PMID: 32330430
PMCID: PMC7173821
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30171-1

Review

Suicide risk and prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic

David Gunnell et al. Lancet Psychiatry. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;7(6):468-471.

doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30171-1. Epub 2020 Apr 21.

Authors

David Gunnell¹, Louis Appleby², Ella Arensman³, Keith Hawton⁴, Ann John⁵, Nav Kapur², Murad Khan⁶, Rory C O'Connor⁷, Jane Pirkis⁸; COVID-19 Suicide Prevention Research Collaboration

Collaborators

COVID-19 Suicide Prevention Research Collaboration:
Louis Appleby, Ella Arensman, Eric D Caine, Lai Fong Chan, Shu-Sen Chang, Ying-Yeh Chen, Helen Christensen, Rakhi Dandona, Michael Eddleston, Annette Erlangsen, David Gunnell, Jill Harkavy-Friedman, Keith Hawton, Ann John, Nav Kapur, Murad Khan, Olivia J Kirtley, Duleeka Knipe, Flemming Konradsen, Shiwei Liu, Sally McManus, Lars Mehlum, Matthew Miller, Paul Moran, Jacqui Morrissey, Christine Moutier, Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, Merete Nordentoft, Rory C O'Connor, Siobhan O'Neill, Andrew Page, Michael R Phillips, Jane Pirkis, Steve Platt, Maurizio Pompili, Ping Qin, Mohsen Rezaeian, Morton Silverman, Mark Sinyor, Steven Stack, Ellen Townsend, Gustavo Turecki, Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Paul Sf Yip

Affiliations

¹ National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PS, UK. Electronic address: d.j.gunnell@bristol.ac.uk.
² Centre for Mental Health and Safety, National Institute for Health Research Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, University of Manchester and Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Manchester, UK.
³ School of Public Health and National Suicide Research Foundation, College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
⁴ Centre for Suicide Research, University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK.
⁵ Population Psychiatry, Suicide and Informatics, Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
⁷ Suicidal Behaviour Research Laboratory, Institute of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
⁸ Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

PMID: 32330430
PMCID: PMC7173821
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30171-1

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Public health responses to mitigating suicide risk associated with the COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19=coronavirus disease 2019.

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Comment in

Opportunities for international collaboration in COVID-19 mental health research.
Gavin B, Hayden JC, Quigley E, Adamis D, McNicholas F. Gavin B, et al. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2021 Jul;30(7):1137-1138. doi: 10.1007/s00787-020-01577-6. Epub 2020 Jun 16. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2021. PMID: 32548682 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Dealing with the rising tide of suicides during the COVID-19 pandemic: Strengthening the pillars of prevention and timely intervention.
Joseph SJ, Bhandari SS. Joseph SJ, et al. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2021 Aug;67(5):601-603. doi: 10.1177/0020764020962146. Epub 2020 Sep 26. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2021. PMID: 32985312 No abstract available.
Mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan.
Chen YY, Wu KC, Gau SS. Chen YY, et al. J Formos Med Assoc. 2021 Jul;120(7):1421-1423. doi: 10.1016/j.jfma.2020.12.002. Epub 2020 Dec 7. J Formos Med Assoc. 2021. PMID: 33357966 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
COVID-19 and suicide.
The Lancet Psychiatry. The Lancet Psychiatry. Lancet Psychiatry. 2021 Jun;8(6):451. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00164-4. Epub 2021 Apr 22. Lancet Psychiatry. 2021. PMID: 33894902 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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