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. 2021 Jan:295:113622.
doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113622. Epub 2020 Dec 1.

Trends in suicide in Japan by gender during the COVID-19 pandemic, up to September 2020

Shuhei Nomura  1 , Takayuki Kawashima  2 , Daisuke Yoneoka  3 , Yuta Tanoue  4 , Akifumi Eguchi  5 , Stuart Gilmour  3 , Yumi Kawamura  6 , Nahoko Harada  7 , Masahiro Hashizume  8
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Trends in suicide in Japan by gender during the COVID-19 pandemic, up to September 2020

Shuhei Nomura et al. Psychiatry Res. 2021 Jan.
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Abstract

Suicide is an extreme consequence of the psychological burden associated with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) counter-measures. A quasi-Poisson regression was applied to monthly suicide mortality data obtained from the National Police Agency to estimate the gender-specific excess/exiguous suicide deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan up to September 2020. We found excess suicide deaths among women in July, August and September, but not among men. Our results indicate the importance of COVID-19 related suicide prevention, especially for women. Timely access to mental health care and financial and social support is urgently needed, as is optimal treatment for mental illness.

Keywords: COVID-19; Japan; suicide.

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