ArticleSpanish journal of psychiatry and mental health
Suicide mortality in Spain in 2020: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Suicide before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Epidemiological trends and determinants of suicide in Iran with insights into the COVID-19 period, 1980-2021.Population health metrics · 2025Article
- Older People at Risk of Suicide: A Local Study During the COVID-19 Confinement Period.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The impact of the first year of COVID-19 pandemic on suicides in a collection of 27 EU-related countries.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Childhood emotional dysregulation paths for suicide-related behaviour engagement in adolescence.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2023Article
- Spanish validation of short-form version of Literacy of Suicide Scale (LOSS) and Stigma of Suicide Scale (SOSS).Brain and behavior · 2023Article
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on suicide mortality in Spain: Differences by sex and age.Journal of affective disorders · 2023Article
- Substance use, racial/ethnic identity, and suicidal ideation during COVID-19 lockdown in an international adult sample.Journal of psychiatric research · 2022Article
- 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
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Abstract
introductionSuicide constitutes a major concern with evident contribution to global mortality worldwide. Evidence on suicide trends is mixed in the COVID-19 pandemic era. Spain may be an at-risk country for increased suicide risk in the time of COVID-19 pandemic due to prolonged restrictions and lockdown, elevated COVID-19 wave recurrence and related mental health impact. This brief report aims to provide some insight into the suicide mortality trends in the first COVID-19 pandemic year in Spain, using national data. MATERIAL AND
methodsData from the National Death Index were used. Annual mortality rate was calculated at a province level under random-effects models for the 2019 and 2020 years. Poisson timeseries regression was used to study the relationship between monthly suicide mortality and COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and lockdown, and second COVID-19 wave peak covariates.
results3671 people died by suicide in 2019 in Spain and 3941 people died by suicide in 2020. The random-effects mortality rate in 2019 was 8.3 (CI
conclusionsAlthough annual mortality rates were not significantly different, an increased suicide risk was found from May, 2020 onwards. Our results claim for action to tackle suicide in the post-pandemic era taking into account the discouraging upcoming scenario.
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