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Suicides from 2016 to 2020 in Finland and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Timo PartonenOlli KiviruusuMarjut GraingerJaana SuvisaariAki EklinAntti VirtanenRiitta Kauppila
Published in: The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science (2022)
The COVID-19 pandemic has had negative mental health outcomes in populations, but the suicide numbers in Finland have remained unchanged compared with expected levels based on the pre-pandemic period. We included all deaths from suicide verified by the official cause-of-death investigations, including forensic autopsy with analysis of forensic toxicology samples, between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2020 in Finland. There was a decline in suicide incidence from 2016 to 2020 in men, and a declining tendency in suicide rates for every consecutive month during the COVID-19 pandemic period. The COVID-19 governmental policy responses do not seem to have led to an increase in suicide numbers.
Keyphrases
  • coronavirus disease
  • sars cov
  • healthcare
  • risk factors
  • middle aged
  • light emitting