Emergency Dispatches for Suicide Attempts During the COVID-19 Outbreak in Okayama, Japan: A Descriptive Epidemiological Study

Habu, Hiroshi; Takao, Soshi; Fujimoto, Ryohei; Naito, Hiromichi; Nakao, Atsunori; Yorifuji, Takashi

doi:10.2188/jea.je20210066

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“…According to a meta-analysis ( Prati and Mancini, 2021 ), the role that gender plays in depression during the COVID-19 pandemic is not universally known; its impact depends on cross-cultural differences, compared with the international prevalence of depression ( Fruehwirth et al, 2021 ; Ochnik et al, 2021 ). One local study in Japan ( Habu et al, 2021 ) reported that the number of emergency dispatches related to suicide attempts increased in 2020 compared to the previous 2 years, especially among women and those aged 25–49 years. The authors concluded that this increase may be partly explained by hardships, such as economic losses or reduced social ties, during the COVID-19 outbreak.…”

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Longitudinal survey of depressive symptoms among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan

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While changes in response to the different stages of the pandemic remain unknown, this study investigated the longitudinal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on depressive symptoms in Japanese university students and identified factors associated with new onset of depression and suicidal ideation. Two surveys were conducted at one university in Akita, Japan, during the first COVID-19 outbreak period (T1: May–June 2020) and 1 year later (T2: March–May 2021). Moderate depressive symptoms were defined as a Patient Health Questionnaire-9 score ≥ 10 and suicide-related ideation score ≥ 1 on question 9 of the questionnaire. Among 985 students who completed surveys in T1 and T2, participants with moderate depressive symptoms and suicide-related ideation increased from 11 to 17% and from 5.8 to 11.8%, respectively. Among 872 students at risk after excluding those with moderate depressive symptoms at T1, 103 students (11.8%) developed moderate depressive symptoms at T2. Among the 928 students at risk, after excluding those who had suicidal ideation at T1, 79 (8.5%) developed suicidal ideation. Multivariate logistic modeling revealed financial insecurity and academic performance as risk factors (ps < 0.01), while having someone to consult about worries was a coping factor for depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation (ps < 0.001). Our findings demonstrated that socioenvironmental factors may determine depressive symptoms of university students.

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Longitudinal survey of depressive symptoms among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan

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“…Some studies examined deaths of despair by population characteristics. Eighteen studies assessed the difference in sex and 14 in age groups for suicide death in Japan 24,47,53,55-57,88 , Australia 58,59 , US 61,89 Peru 51,52 , Korea 30 , Norway 38 , China 49 , India 48 and Italy 32 . Studies conducted in Japan and Korea showed that the suicide rate significantly increased or showed higher rates among women and younger age groups than men and older age groups.…”

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“…Of 40 studies that examined suicide, four were case reports/series [41][42][43][44] , and 11 studies did not conduct any inferential analysis (testing hypotheses statistically) [30][31][32][33]37,38,[45][46][47][48] . Overall, 15 countries studied, of which seven (including case report study design) were in low-to uppermiddle-income countries 33,37,43,44,[49][50][51][52] and the remaining were in high-income countries.…”

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Have deaths of despair risen during the COVID-19 pandemic? A rapid systematic review

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Nguyen

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Objective: To systematically review the literature on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on deaths of despair (suicide, overdoses and drug-related liver diseases). Methods: Five electronic databases were searched using search terms on deaths of despair and COVID-19. Results: The review of 70 publications included indicates that there is no change or a decline in the suicide rate during the pandemic compared to the pre-pandemic period. Drug-related deaths such as overdose deaths and liver diseases, however, have been increased compared to the pre-pandemic rate. Findings are mainly from middle-high- and high-income countries and data from low-income countries are lacking. Synthesis of data from subgroup analysis indicates that some groups such as Black people, women and younger age groups would be more vulnerable to socioeconomic disruption during the pandemic. Conclusion: Studies included in this review were preliminary and suffered from methodological limitations such as lack of inferential analysis or using provisional data. Further high-quality studies are needed considering the contribution of factors such as disease prevalence, government intervention and environmental characteristics.

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“…There have also been reports of some suicide attempts who were positive for Covid-19 and had no previous psychiatric history [88,89]. In addition, it has been suggested that suicide attempts in population increased as related to economic losses or reduced social ties during the Covid-19 outbreak [90].…”

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Effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on brain and behavior

Uzbay¹

2021

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The Covid-19 viral infection, which was first detected in Wuhan, China at the end of 2019, spread rapidly around the world and turned into a major pandemic. At the time this article was written, Covid-19 has infected more than 250 million people worldwide, causing close to 5 million deaths. In addition to the fact that Covid-19 is a lytic infection, its easy spread through the respiratory tract required a social isolation that people were not accustomed in the pandemic period. Social isolation and economic losses caused significant social and psychological problems in society. On the other hand, Covid-19 also has direct effects on the central nervous system (CNS), and these effects may be responsible for some serious early or late neuropsychic disorders. In addition, acute symptoms of infection involved in respiratory system failure and cytokine storm, and vaccination activities were discussed detailed. Although neurological problems such as seizure, encephalitis, anosmia, dysgeusia, stroke and delirium are discussed to a certain extent, current data on psychological and/or psychiatric problems due to pandemic itself or the virus are remaining limited. In this review article, it is aimed to evaluate the effects of Covid-19 on brain and mental health in the light of current data. In addition, the literature on neuropsychiatric side effects of vaccines approved for emergency use was also reviewed.

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Emergency Dispatches for Suicide Attempts During the COVID-19 Outbreak in Okayama, Japan: A Descriptive Epidemiological Study

Abstract: This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record.

Cited by 16 publications

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Longitudinal survey of depressive symptoms among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan

Longitudinal survey of depressive symptoms among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan

Have deaths of despair risen during the COVID-19 pandemic? A rapid systematic review

Effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on brain and behavior

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