A coming wave: suicide and gender after COVID-19

Standish, Katerina

doi:10.1080/09589236.2020.1796608

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“…Among adolescents, greater levels of negative COVID experiences were associated with increased depressive symptoms and anxiety. 12 However, while many have speculated about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth and adults, [13][14] few studies have provided empirical data demonstrating elevated rates of mental health concerns during this period. In fact, recent studies have reported that the rates of death by suicide in children and adults have not changed since the onset of the pandemic.…”

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Suicide Ideation and Attempts in a Pediatric Emergency Department Before and During COVID-19

Hill¹,

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OBJECTIVES: Elevated rates of mental health concerns have been identified during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In this study, we sought to evaluate whether youth reported a greater frequency of suicide-related behaviors during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic as compared with 2019. We hypothesized that rates of suicide-related behaviors would be elevated between the months of March and July 2020 as compared with 2019, corresponding to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Routine suicide-risk screening was completed with youth aged 11 to 21 in a pediatric emergency department. Electronic health records data for suicide-risk screens completed between January and July 2019 and January and July 2020 were evaluated. A total of 9092 completed screens were examined (mean age 14.72 years, 47.7% Hispanic and/or Latinx, 26.7% non-Hispanic white, 18.7% non-Hispanic Black). RESULTS: Rates of positive suicide-risk screen results from January to July 2020 were compared with corresponding rates from January to July 2019. Results indicated a significantly higher rate of suicide ideation in March and July 2020 and higher rates of suicide attempts in February, March, April, and July 2020 as compared with the same months in 2019. CONCLUSIONS: Rates of suicide ideation and attempts were higher during some months of 2020 as compared with 2019 but were not universally higher across this period. Months with significantly higher rates of suicide-related behaviors appear to correspond to times when COVID-19–related stressors and community responses were heightened, indicating that youth experienced elevated distress during these periods.

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Suicide Ideation and Attempts in a Pediatric Emergency Department Before and During COVID-19

Hill¹,

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“…Actions to combat the risk of COVID-19 infection negate these forms of prevention -access to non-COVID-19 related healthcare and support is limited during the pandemic, front-line staff are furloughed or working from home and helplines and shelters are shuttered, access to hazardous materials and weapons are less scrutinized as purchases move online and social distancing, lockdowns and orders to shelter-inplace. Recommended interventions are no longer imperfect options they are non-existent (Standish, 2020b).…”

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“…Historically, pandemics suppressed suicides (Lennon, 2020;Standish, 2020b) but this conclusion is being challenged as rapid research emerges. While 2020 figures for suicide are not yet known, we do know that the trend towards suicide suppression is changing and we know that the gender norms from past pandemics have a new pattern too.…”

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Gendered pandemics:suicide, femicide and COVID-19

Standish

Weil

2021

Journal of Gender Studies

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The purpose of this article is to offer a collocation of COVID-19 alongside two adjacent calamities that will likely increase during and after public health responses to the pandemic: suicide and femicide. Both of these forms of violence are patterned and predictable, both of them will manifest in divergent and distinct ways during the chaos of COVID-19, and both are highly gendered. In this article, we characterize the virus, theoretically align suicide and femicide as preventable forms of violence due to the circumstances of the pandemic, and suggest a way forward. We assert that suicide rates will increase for women and girls to unprecedented levels as a direct result of pandemic public health measures and it is also our contention that the gendered impact of COVID-19 will lead to an upsurge in another harm induced by the global health order to stay at home: femicide. In a landscape of competitive catastrophe, we call attention to two social facts that kill: suicide and femicide, and we urge global leaders to attend to prevention now, because for many women and girls, even though we have found a vaccine, it may be too late.

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“…Further, there are growing concerns of child maltreatment (58,59) and an increase in suicide risk among marginalized youth communities (76). Providing adequate social support, particularly in poor socioeconomic standing areas, as well as providing appropriate intervention for violent domestic cases may potentially mitigate risks of isolation and suicide risk within youth populations (102)(103)(104).…”

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An Overview of Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Chen

Pusica

Sohaei

et al. 2021

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Since its initial outbreak in late 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected the global community. In addition to the negative health consequences of contracting COVID-19, the implementation of strict quarantine and lockdown measures has also disrupted social networks and devastated the global economy. As a result, there is rising concern that the pandemic has taken a toll on the mental health of the general population. To better understand its impact, an increasing number of studies examined the effects of the pandemic on mental health and psychosocial implications of enforced quarantine and lockdown. In this article, we aim to review and summarize the findings from a variety of studies that have explored the psychosociological effects of the pandemic and its impact on the mental well-being of the general population. We will also examine how various demographic groups, such as the elderly and youth, can be more susceptible or resilient to the pandemic’s mental health effects. We hope to provide a broader understanding of the underlying causes of mental health issues triggered by the pandemic and provide recommendations that may be employed to address mental health issues in the population over the long-term.

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A coming wave: suicide and gender after COVID-19

Cited by 25 publications

References 34 publications

Suicide Ideation and Attempts in a Pediatric Emergency Department Before and During COVID-19

Suicide Ideation and Attempts in a Pediatric Emergency Department Before and During COVID-19

Gendered pandemics:suicide, femicide and COVID-19

An Overview of Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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