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Comment
. 2023 Jul;10(7):483-484.
doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(23)00140-2.

COVID-19, young people, and suicidal behaviour

Sarah Steeg  1 , Roger T Webb  2 , Jack Wilkinson  3 , Nav Kapur  4
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COVID-19, young people, and suicidal behaviour

Sarah Steeg et al. Lancet Psychiatry. 2023 Jul.
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Conflict of interest statement

NK reports research grants and fees related his research and implementation work in self-harm and suicide prevention from the Department of Health and Social Care, the National Institute for Health and Care Research, the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership, and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). NK does not receive industry funding for research. NK is a member of England's National Suicide Prevention Strategy Advisory Group and is supported by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. NK chaired the NICE guideline development group for the NICE depression in adults' guideline and was a topic expert member for the NICE suicide prevention guideline. NK chaired the guideline development group for the NICE guidelines on the longer-term management of self-harm and was a topic advisor on the 2022 NICE guideline on self-harm. JW has conducted research into COVID-19, supported by funding through the National Core Study PROTECT programme, managed by the Health and Safety Executive on behalf of the UK Government. JW has conducted research into COVID-19, supported by funding from The Office for National Statistics (PU-22-0205). SS and RTW declare no competing interests.

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