Trends in the incidence of hospital-treated suicide attempts during the COVID-19 pandemic in Oviedo, Spain.

J Fernandez-Fernandez L Jimenez-Treviño E Seijo-Zazo Fernando Sánchez-Lasheras Maria Paz Garcia-Portilla Pilar A Sáiz Julio Bobes

Published in: European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists (2023)

Hospital-treated suicide rates attempted during the COVID-19 outbreak in Oviedo, Spain showed a similar trend compared with a non-COVID-19 year. In contrast, the number of adolescents hospital-treated for attempted suicide increased during lockdown, suggesting more vulnerability to COVID-19 restrictions after the initial lockdown period in this age group.

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