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ArticleGeneral psychiatry2025

Is suicide risk 100-fold higher in people with HIV? A critical appraisal of a meta-analysis.

Andreas D Haas, Yann Ruffieux, Mpho Tlali, Stephan Rabie, Matthias Egger

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Article in General psychiatry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Andreas D HaasInstitute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4849-181X
Yann RuffieuxInstitute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-0891-2448
Mpho TlaliCentre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research, School of Public Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-0283-2022
Stephan RabieHIV Mental Health Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-5464-0746
Matthias EggerInstitute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-7462-5132

Funding

Observational Antiretroviral Studies In Southern Africa (OASIS) CollaborationU01AI069924 · NIAID · UNIVERSITAT BERN · PI Cleophas Chimbetete, Mary-Ann Davies · 2006 to 2026
$55.9M
NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI069924
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Meta-Analysis as TopicSuicide

Identifiers

PMID40831458
PMCPMC12359409

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