Observational studyEuropean psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists2022
Prolonged impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-harm hospitalizations in France: A nationwide retrospective observational study.
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- Suicidality and self-harm in adolescents before and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Changes in Hospitalization for Eating Disorders and Related Suicidal Risk, Following COVID-19 Pandemic.Depression and anxiety · 2026Article
- Qualitative study of the experience of parents whose adolescent has been hospitalized for a suicidal episode: reshaping, mobilizing, and adapting.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Risk of admission to hospital for self-harm after admission to hospital for COVID-19: French nationwide longitudinal study.BJPsych open · 2024Article
- Hospitalization for SARS-CoV-2 and the risk of self-harm readmission: a French nationwide retrospective cohort study.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2024Article
- Self-harm among youth during the first 28 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2023Article
- Reactive surveillance of suicides during the COVID-19 pandemic in France, 2020 to March 2022.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2023Article
- Effect of Obesity among Hospitalized Cancer Patients with or without COVID-19 on a National Level.Cancers · 2022Article
- The 3114: A new professional helpline to swing the French suicide prevention in a new paradigm.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2022Article
- Trends in psychotropic drug consumption among French military personnel during the COVID-19 epidemic.BMC medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in France was associated with a reduced number of hospitalizations for self-harm, with the exception of older people. The on-going pandemic may have both sustained and delayed effects.
methodsData were extracted from the French national hospital database (PMSI), a nationwide exhaustive database. The number of self-harm hospitalizations (ICD-10 codes X60-84) between September 1, 2020 and August 31, 2021 (
resultsThere was a decrease in the total number of self-harm hospitalizations during the studied period versus 2019 (-3.5%; Relative Risk [RR] [95% Confidence Intervals] = 0.97 [0.96-0.97];
conclusionsDuring this second stage, the number of self-harm hospitalizations remained at a lower level than in the prepandemic period. However, significant variations over time, age, and sex were observed. Young people (notably adolescent girls) appear to have particularly suffered from the persistence of the pandemic, while older people did not show any decrease since the beginning. Vigilance and continuing prevention are warranted.
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