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Comment
. 2022 Jul 25;119(29-30):502-503.
doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2022.0198.

Suicides in Germany During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Daniel Radeloff, Jon Genuneit, Christian J Bachmann
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Suicides in Germany During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Daniel Radeloff et al. Dtsch Arztebl Int. .
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Figure 1
Expected and observed number of suicides, according to gender (2017–2021)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Number of suicides by age group and calendar year
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  • Suicide trends in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time-series analysis of preliminary data from 21 countries.
    Pirkis J, John A, Shin S, DelPozo-Banos M, Arya V, Analuisa-Aguilar P, Appleby L, Arensman E, Bantjes J, Baran A, Bertolote JM, Borges G, Brečić P, Caine E, Castelpietra G, Chang SS, Colchester D, Crompton D, Curkovic M, Deisenhammer EA, Du C, Dwyer J, Erlangsen A, Faust JS, Fortune S, Garrett A, George D, Gerstner R, Gilissen R, Gould M, Hawton K, Kanter J, Kapur N, Khan M, Kirtley OJ, Knipe D, Kolves K, Leske S, Marahatta K, Mittendorfer-Rutz E, Neznanov N, Niederkrotenthaler T, Nielsen E, Nordentoft M, Oberlerchner H, O'Connor RC, Pearson M, Phillips MR, Platt S, Plener PL, Psota G, Qin P, Radeloff D, Rados C, Reif A, Reif-Leonhard C, Rozanov V, Schlang C, Schneider B, Semenova N, Sinyor M, Townsend E, Ueda M, Vijayakumar L, Webb RT, Weerasinghe M, Zalsman G, Gunnell D, Spittal MJ. Pirkis J, et al. Lancet Psychiatry. 2021 Jul;8(7):579-588. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00091-2. Epub 2021 Apr 13. Lancet Psychiatry. 2021. PMID: 33862016 Free PMC article.

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