ArticleJournal of affective disorders reports2021
Child suicide rates during the COVID-19 pandemic in England.
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- The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and school closures on self-harming and suicidal behaviors in adolescents: A comprehensive meta-analysis.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2025Pooled it
- Annual Research Review: The impact of Covid-19 on psychopathology in children and young people worldwide: systematic review of studies with pre- and within-pandemic data.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2023Pooled it
- Suicide and Suicidality in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Skin Disorders: A Systematic Review.Acta dermato-venereologica · 2023Pooled it
- Suicide, self-harm and thoughts of suicide or self-harm in infectious disease epidemics: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2021Pooled it
- Changes in child suicide rates and characteristics during the COVID-19 pandemic in England.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of Adolescents Following Suicide Attempts: A Single-Center Study From Türkiye.Psychiatry investigation · 2025Article
- Child mortality in England after national lockdowns for COVID-19: An analysis of childhood deaths, 2019-2023.PLoS medicine · 2025Article
- Race and Ethnicity, Deprivation, and Infant Mortality in England, 2019-2022.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Media coverage and speculation about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on suicide: a content analysis of UK news.BMJ open · 2023Article
- A Following Wave Pattern of Suicide-Related Pediatric Emergency Room Admissions during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Exploring adolescents' perspectives on and experiences with post-primary school-based suicide prevention: a meta-ethnography protocol.Systematic reviews · 2023Article
- Child Mortality in England During the First 2 Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Suicide numbers during the first 9-15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with pre-existing trends: An interrupted time series analysis in 33 countries.EClinicalMedicine · 2022Article
- Suicides in Germany During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2022Article
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- Child mortality in England during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.Archives of disease in childhood · 2022Article
- Child mortality in England during the COVID-19 pandemic.Archives of disease in childhood · 2022Article
- The Impact of COVID on Adolescent Mental Health, Self-Harm and Suicide: How Can Primary Care Provider Respond? A Position Paper of the European Academy of Pediatrics.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Review
- Children and Young People Presenting in a Pediatric Emergency Department in North-West England in Suicidal Crisis: An Exploratory Case Series Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Resilience and Depressive Symptoms Mediated Pathways from Social Support to Suicidal Ideation Among Undergraduates During the COVID-19 Campus Lockdown in China.Psychology research and behavior management · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is concern about the impact of COVID-19, and the control measures to prevent the spread, on children's mental health. The aim of this work was to identify if there had been a rise of childhood suicide during the COVID pandemic.
methodUsing data from England's National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) the characteristics and rates of children dying of suicide between April and December 2020 were compared with those in 2019. In a subset (1st January to 17th May 2020) further characteristics and possible contributing factors were obtained.
resultsA total of 193 likely childhood deaths by suicide were reported. There was no evidence overall suicide deaths were higher in 2020 than 2019 (RR 1.09 (0.80-1.48), LIMITATIONS: As child suicides are fortunately rare, the analysis is based on small numbers of deaths with limited statistical power to detect anything but major increases in incidence.
conclusionWe found no consistent evidence that child suicide deaths increased during the COVID-19 pandemic although there was a possibility that they may have increased during the first UK lockdown. A similar peak was not seen during the following months, or the second lockdown.
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