Characteristics of suicidal emergency room patients before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.
Kyohei OtaniRyohei YoshikawaAtsumi NaitouHaruko FukushimaKunitaka MatsuishiPublished in: Neuropsychopharmacology reports (2023)
Despite studies predicting an increase in suicides based on past statistics of young people and of women, no significant changes were observed in this survey of the Hanshin-Awaji region, including Kobe. This may have been owing to the effect of suicide prevention measures and mental health measures implemented by the Japanese government after an increase in suicides and after past natural disasters.
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- mental health
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- public health
- depressive symptoms
- newly diagnosed
- emergency department
- prognostic factors
- cross sectional
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- healthcare
- adipose tissue
- insulin resistance
- skeletal muscle
- pregnancy outcomes
- type diabetes
- breast cancer risk