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ArticleSuicide & life-threatening behavior2024

Why did peri-pandemic suicide death rates decrease among non-Hispanic white people while increasing among most people of color?

Morgan Robison, Lee Robertson, T E Joiner

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Morgan RobisonDepartment of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8685-9259
Lee RobertsonDepartment of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
T E JoinerDepartment of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.

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Integrated Clinical Neuroscience Training for Translational ResearchT32MH093311 · NIMH · FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI LISA A ECKEL, Pamela K. Keel · 2012 to 2026
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NIMH NIH HHS 5T32MH093311-12NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH093311
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionWhile suicides in the United States decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, statistically significant decreases have been limited to White people throughout a large portion of 2020.

methodsThis paper outlines possible explanations for racial/ethnic differences in suicidality in the early pandemic phases.

resultsWe propose both distal (i.e., tele-mental health usage, internet and technology access, employment protections, and economic security) and proximal (cultural beliefs, coping strategies, clustering, pulling together, and embracing life) factors that may have helped build and foster community and mental wellness. However, this paper argues these factors did not extend, or did not extend as much, to many communities of color.

conclusionsWe argue that these disparities are due to the myriad effects of discrimination and systemic racism, encapsulated broadly by the minority stress theory, and provide suggestions for relief and research.

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COVID-19SuicideEthnicityHumansPandemicsRacial GroupsRacismUnited StatesWhiteCOVID‐19people of colorracesuicidesuicide attempts

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PMID38676429
PMCPMC11305907

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