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Suicide and resilience-related Google searches during the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Source :
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Journal of Affective Disorders . Apr2022, Vol. 303, p203-205. 3p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Online searches related to suicide may sometimes be an early proxy indicator for behavioural outcomes. We used interrupted time series regression analyses to examine changes in suicide and resilience-related Google searches worldwide and in the United States during the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Searches for the word "suicide" were unchanged worldwide (-1%; 95%CI, -12%-11%) and in the US (-7%; 95%CI, -15%-2%) with decreased searches for "suicide methods" and increased searches for "how to kill yourself" and for resilience-related terms. This study provides potential evidence that suicides may not increase worldwide during the first year of the pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01650327
- Volume :
- 303
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 155628972
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.02.021