Spanish Flu (1918-1920) Impact on US Suicide Rates by Race: Potential Future Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Tarun Bastiampillai^{1

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4}, Stephen Allison^{2

3}, Jeffrey C L Looi^{3

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¹ Department of Psychiatry, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
² College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
³ Consortium of Australian-Academic Psychiatrists for Independent Policy and Research Analysis (CAPIPRA), Canberra, ACT, Australia.
⁴ Corresponding author: Tarun Bastiampillai, BMedSc, MBBS, FRANZCP, Department of Psychiatry, Monash University, Wellington Rd, Clayton, Victoria 3800 (tarun.bastiampillai@monash.edu).
⁵ Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, The Australian National University Medical School, Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

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. 2021 Nov 18;23(6):21com03088.

doi: 10.4088/PCC.21com03088.

Tarun Bastiampillai^{1

2

3

4}, Stephen Allison^{2

3}, Jeffrey C L Looi^{3

5}

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
² College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
³ Consortium of Australian-Academic Psychiatrists for Independent Policy and Research Analysis (CAPIPRA), Canberra, ACT, Australia.
⁴ Corresponding author: Tarun Bastiampillai, BMedSc, MBBS, FRANZCP, Department of Psychiatry, Monash University, Wellington Rd, Clayton, Victoria 3800 (tarun.bastiampillai@monash.edu).
⁵ Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, The Australian National University Medical School, Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

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