Increased ambulance attendances related to suicide and self-injury in response to the pandemic in Australia

James John^{1

2}, Ei Phyu Synn¹, Teresa Winata^{1

2}, Valsamma Eapen^{1

2}, Ping-I Lin^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
² Academic Unit of Child Psychiatry Services, South Western Sydney Local Health District, Liverpool, NSW, Australia.
³ Department of Mental Health, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia.

James John et al. Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2023 Jan.

. 2023 Jan;57(1):140-142.

doi: 10.1177/00048674221121090. Epub 2022 Sep 3.

James John^{1

2}, Ei Phyu Synn¹, Teresa Winata^{1

2}, Valsamma Eapen^{1

2}, Ping-I Lin^{1

2

3}

¹ Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
² Academic Unit of Child Psychiatry Services, South Western Sydney Local Health District, Liverpool, NSW, Australia.
³ Department of Mental Health, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.

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